Colors Encyclopedia

HEX atlas value

#6B4F3A

#6B4F3A is a warm orange HEX color nearest Loam. RGB 107, 79, 58, HSL 26° 30% 32%, luminance 0.0902; view contrast and conversions.

orangewarmearth-tone
#6B4F3A Sample readable text
HEX #6B4F3A
RGB rgb(107, 79, 58)
HSL hsl(26 30% 32%)
CMYK cmyk(0, 26, 46, 58)
Luminance 0.0902
Contrast Black 2.8:1White 7.49:1

CSS

--color-6b4f3a: #6B4F3A;
.background-6b4f3a { background-color: #6B4F3A; }
.text-6b4f3a { color: #6B4F3A; }

HEX meaning and use

About #6B4F3A

#6B4F3A is classified as a warm orange value with earth tone visual character. #6B4F3A is visually closest to Loam, a named orange color with HEX #6B4F3A.

The RGB channels are 107, 79, and 58, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 26deg with 30% saturation and 32% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.0902, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.8:1AA Fail
White text7.49:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6B4F3A needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.8:1 · Fail
White text#FFFFFF7.49:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#2E2219#2E2219 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.44:1Walnut#5C4033 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.39:1#6A393C#6A393C · #FFFFFF text · best 9.28:1Garnet#733635 · #FFFFFF text · best 9.1:1#39556A#39556A · #FFFFFF text · best 7.83:1

Generated Palette

Loam#6B4F3A
#39556A#39556A
#6A393C#6A393C
#6A6739#6A6739
#A67A59#A67A59
#2E2219#2E2219

Color Harmonies

#39556A#39556A
#6A393C#6A393C
#6A6739#6A6739
#396A4E#396A4E
#4E396A#4E396A

Variants

#A67A59#A67A59
#2E2219#2E2219
#7C4C27#7C4C27
#58514B#58514B
#A28F81#A28F81
#CC5800#CC5800

Nearest Named Colors

Loam#6B4F3A
Coffee#6F4E37
Umber#635147
Walnut#5C4033
Garnet#733635

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

Structured HEX color data for conversion, WCAG checks, CSS generation, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0902
Black text2.8:1AA Fail
White text7.49:1AA 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
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
{"hex":"#6B4F3A","rgb":[107,79,58],"hsl":[26,30,32],"cmyk":[0,26,46,58],"luminance":0.0902,"contrast":{"black":2.8,"white":7.49}}
WCAG
{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}
Safe pairings
[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.8,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.49,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]
Accessible alternatives
[{"name":"#2E2219","hex":"#2E2219","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.36,"contrastWhite":15.44,"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"]},{"name":"#6A393C","hex":"#6A393C","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.26,"contrastWhite":9.28,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Garnet","hex":"#733635","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.31,"contrastWhite":9.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#39556A","hex":"#39556A","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.68,"contrastWhite":7.83,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]
AI context
{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","earth tone","earth tone orange","Loam adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6b4f3a.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/loam.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/coffee.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json"]}
Harmonies
{"complementary":"#39556A","analogous":["#6A393C","#6A6739"],"triadic":["#396A4E","#4E396A"],"tetradic":["#3C6A39","#39556A","#67396A"],"splitComplementary":["#396A67","#393C6A"],"monochromatic":["#A67A59","#6B4F3A","#2E2219"]}
Variants
{"light":"#A67A59","dark":"#2E2219","saturated":"#7C4C27","desaturated":"#58514B","pastel":"#A28F81","neon":"#CC5800"}
Nearest named colors
[{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":0},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":5.0990195135927845},{"slug":"umber","name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","distance":15.394804318340652},{"slug":"walnut","name":"Walnut","hex":"#5C4033","distance":22.338307903688676},{"slug":"garnet","name":"Garnet","hex":"#733635","distance":26.720778431774775}]
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Related HEX Guides

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