HEX atlas value

#6E5417

#6E5417 is a warm orange HEX color close to Sepia. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 110, 84, 23, HSL 42, 65%, 26%, has luminance 0.0972, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#6E5417 Sample readable text

HEX #6E5417

RGB rgb(110, 84, 23)

HSL hsl(42 65% 26%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 24, 79, 57)

Luminance 0.0972

Contrast Black 2.94:1White 7.13:1

CSS

--color-6e5417: #6E5417;
.background-6e5417 { background-color: #6E5417; }
.text-6e5417 { color: #6E5417; }

Luminance0.0972

Black text2.94:1AA Fail

White text7.13:1AA 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":"#6E5417","rgb":[110,84,23],"hsl":[42,65,26],"cmyk":[0,24,79,57],"luminance":0.0972,"contrast":{"black":2.94,"white":7.13}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.94,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.13,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#221A07","hex":"#221A07","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.22,"contrastWhite":17.24,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#17316D","hex":"#17316D","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.7,"contrastWhite":12.38,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#6D2817","hex":"#6D2817","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.97,"contrastWhite":10.68,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.48,"contrastWhite":8.47,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5F4E26","hex":"#5F4E26","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.6,"contrastWhite":8.06,"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/6e5417.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/fern-frond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#17316D","analogous":["#6D2817","#5C6D17"],"triadic":["#176D54","#54176D"],"tetradic":["#176D28","#17316D","#6D175C"],"splitComplementary":["#175C6D","#28176D"],"monochromatic":["#B98D27","#6E5417","#221A07"]}

Variants

{"light":"#B98D27","dark":"#221A07","saturated":"#7C5909","desaturated":"#5F4E26","pastel":"#C19B44","neon":"#AD7900"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"sepia","name":"Sepia","hex":"#704214","distance":18.35755975068582},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":32.57299494980466},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":32.58834147360065},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":32.89376840679705},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":35.482389998420345}]

HEX meaning and use

About #6E5417

#6E5417 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #6E5417 is visually closest to Sepia, a named orange color with HEX #704214.

The RGB channels are 110, 84, and 23, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg 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 0.0972, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 18.36, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.94:1AA Fail

White text7.13:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #6E5417 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.94:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.13:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#221A07#FFFFFF text · best 17.24:1#221A07

#17316D#FFFFFF text · best 12.38:1#17316D

#6D2817#FFFFFF text · best 10.68:1#6D2817

Sepia#FFFFFF text · best 8.47:1#704214

#5F4E26#FFFFFF text · best 8.06:1#5F4E26

Generated Palette

#6E5417#6E5417

#17316D#17316D

#6D2817#6D2817

#5C6D17#5C6D17

#B98D27#B98D27

#221A07#221A07

Color Harmonies

#17316D#17316D

#6D2817#6D2817

#5C6D17#5C6D17

#176D54#176D54

#54176D#54176D

Variants

#B98D27#B98D27

#221A07#221A07

#7C5909#7C5909

#5F4E26#5F4E26

#C19B44#C19B44

#AD7900#AD7900

Nearest Named Colors

Sepia#704214

Coffee#6F4E37

Fern Frond#657220

Saddle Brown#8B4513

Loam#6B4F3A

#6E5417

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #6E5417

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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