HEX atlas value

#6E4A17

#6E4A17 is a warm orange HEX color close to Sepia. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 110, 74, 23, HSL 35, 65%, 26%, has luminance 0.0827, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#6E4A17 Sample readable text

HEX #6E4A17

RGB rgb(110, 74, 23)

HSL hsl(35 65% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 33, 79, 57)

Luminance 0.0827

Contrast Black 2.65:1White 7.91:1

CSS

--color-6e4a17: #6E4A17;
.background-6e4a17 { background-color: #6E4A17; }
.text-6e4a17 { color: #6E4A17; }

Luminance0.0827

Black text2.65:1AA Fail

White text7.91:1AA 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":"#6E4A17","rgb":[110,74,23],"hsl":[35,65,26],"cmyk":[0,33,79,57],"luminance":0.0827,"contrast":{"black":2.65,"white":7.91}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.65,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.91,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#221707","hex":"#221707","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.19,"contrastWhite":17.59,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6D1E17","hex":"#6D1E17","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.85,"contrastWhite":11.36,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#173B6D","hex":"#173B6D","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.88,"contrastWhite":11.16,"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","balanced","balanced orange","Sepia adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/6e4a17.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sepia.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/saddle-brown.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bark.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#173B6D","analogous":["#6D1E17","#666D17"],"triadic":["#176D49","#49176D"],"tetradic":["#176D1E","#173B6D","#6D1766"],"splitComplementary":["#17666D","#1E176D"],"monochromatic":["#B97C27","#6E4A17","#221707"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B97C27","dark":"#221707","saturated":"#7C4C09","desaturated":"#5F4726","pastel":"#C18C44","neon":"#AD6500"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":8.774964387392123},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":29.698484809834994},{"slug":"bark","name":"Bark","hex":"#5B3A29","distance":30.675723300355934},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":32.264531609803356},{"slug":"walnut","name":"Walnut","hex":"#5C4033","distance":34.75629439396553}]

HEX meaning and use

About #6E4A17

#6E4A17 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #6E4A17 is visually closest to Sepia, a named orange color with HEX #704214.

The RGB channels are 110, 74, and 23, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 35deg with 65% 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, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.0827, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 8.77, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.65:1AA Fail

White text7.91:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6E4A17 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.65:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.91:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#221707#FFFFFF text · best 17.59:1#221707

#6D1E17#FFFFFF text · best 11.36:1#6D1E17

#173B6D#FFFFFF text · best 11.16:1#173B6D

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

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

Generated Palette

#6E4A17#6E4A17

#173B6D#173B6D

#6D1E17#6D1E17

#666D17#666D17

#B97C27#B97C27

#221707#221707

Color Harmonies

#173B6D#173B6D

#6D1E17#6D1E17

#666D17#666D17

#176D49#176D49

#49176D#49176D

Variants

#B97C27#B97C27

#221707#221707

#7C4C09#7C4C09

#5F4726#5F4726

#C18C44#C18C44

#AD6500#AD6500

Nearest Named Colors

Sepia#704214

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Bark#5B3A29

Coffee#6F4E37

Walnut#5C4033

#6E4A17

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #6E4A17

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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