#6e5021

Color #6e5021

A moderately saturated dark orange.

Closest named color Saddle Brown #8b4513 · ΔE 21.31 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-900 #733e0a · ΔE 8.7

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Conversions

HEX

#6e5021

RGB

rgb(110, 80, 33)

HSL

hsl(36.6, 53.8%, 28%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.6, 70%, 43.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 70%, 56.9%)

LAB

lab(36.3, 7.23, 31.82)

LCH

lch(36.3, 32.63, 77.2)

OKLCH

oklch(45.4%, 0.0747, 75.91)

HWB

hwb(36.6, 12.9%, 56.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#213f6e

Analogous

#6e2921

#6e5021

#656e21

Triadic

#6e5021

#216e50

#50216e

Split-complementary

#6e5021

#21656e

#29216e

Tetradic

#6e5021

#3f6e21

#213f6e

#50216e

Square

#6e5021

#216e29

#213f6e

#6e2165

Shades

Color #6e5021 mixed toward black.

#5c431b

#493516

#372810

#251b0b

#120d05

Tints

Color #6e5021 mixed toward white.

#9d722f

#c69343

#d5ae72

#e3c9a1

#f1e4d0

Tones

Color #6e5021 mixed toward gray.

#674e27

#614d2e

#5b4c34

#544a3b

#4e4941

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.41:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.83:1

White text reads better on this background (7.41:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#626231 · ΔE 12.9

Deuteranopia

#646634 · ΔE 14.1

Tritanopia

#6d3b3d · ΔE 21.9

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 19.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #6e5021;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#6e5021]

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Antique White #faebd7

Frequently asked questions

#6e5021 (#6e5021) is rgb(110, 80, 33) in RGB.

No, #6e5021 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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