HEX atlas value

#6A511B

#6A511B is a warm orange HEX color close to Sepia. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 106, 81, 27, HSL 41, 59%, 26%, has luminance 0.0903, and belongs to the earth tone group.

orange warm earth-tone

#6A511B Sample readable text

HEX #6A511B

RGB rgb(106, 81, 27)

HSL hsl(41 59% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 24, 75, 58)

Luminance 0.0903

Contrast Black 2.81:1White 7.48:1

CSS

--color-6a511b: #6A511B;
.background-6a511b { background-color: #6A511B; }
.text-6a511b { color: #6A511B; }

Luminance0.0903

Black text2.81:1AA Fail

White text7.48:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#6A511B","rgb":[106,81,27],"hsl":[41,59,26],"cmyk":[0,24,75,58],"luminance":0.0903,"contrast":{"black":2.81,"white":7.48}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.81,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.48,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#201908","hex":"#201908","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.2,"contrastWhite":17.44,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1B3469","hex":"#1B3469","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.74,"contrastWhite":12.06,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#692A1B","hex":"#692A1B","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.95,"contrastWhite":10.78,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.08,"contrastWhite":10.09,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Walnut","hex":"#5C4033","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.24,"contrastWhite":9.39,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","earth tone","earth tone orange","Sepia adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6a511b.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sepia.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bark.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1B3469","analogous":["#692A1B","#5B691B"],"triadic":["#1B6951","#511B69"],"tetradic":["#1B692A","#1B3469","#691B5B"],"splitComplementary":["#1B5B69","#2A1B69"],"monochromatic":["#B2882E","#6A511B","#201908"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B2882E","dark":"#201908","saturated":"#78560D","desaturated":"#5B4B2A","pastel":"#B9964B","neon":"#AD7600"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":17.60681686165901},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":28.600699292150182},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":30.822070014844883},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":31.080540535840107},{"slug":"walnut","name":"Walnut","hex":"#5C4033","distance":32.57299494980466}]

HEX meaning and use

About #6A511B

#6A511B is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #6A511B is visually closest to Sepia, a named orange color with HEX #704214.

The RGB channels are 106, 81, and 27, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 41deg with 59% saturation and 26% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0903, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.61, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.81:1AA Fail

White text7.48:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6A511B needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.81:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.48:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#201908#FFFFFF text · best 17.44:1#201908

#1B3469#FFFFFF text · best 12.06:1#1B3469

#692A1B#FFFFFF text · best 10.78:1#692A1B

Bark#FFFFFF text · best 10.09:1#5B3A29

Walnut#FFFFFF text · best 9.39:1#5C4033

Generated Palette

#6A511B#6A511B

#1B3469#1B3469

#692A1B#692A1B

#5B691B#5B691B

#B2882E#B2882E

#201908#201908

Color Harmonies

#1B3469#1B3469

#692A1B#692A1B

#5B691B#5B691B

#1B6951#1B6951

#511B69#511B69

Variants

#B2882E#B2882E

#201908#201908

#78560D#78560D

#5B4B2A#5B4B2A

#B9964B#B9964B

#AD7600#AD7600

Nearest Named Colors

Sepia#704214

Coffee#6F4E37

Bark#5B3A29

Loam#6B4F3A

Walnut#5C4033

#6A511B

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #6A511B

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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