HEX atlas value

#906E1D

#906E1D is a warm orange HEX color close to Cedar. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 144, 110, 29, HSL 42, 66%, 34%, has luminance 0.1717, and belongs to the balanced group.

orange warm balanced

#906E1D Sample readable text

HEX #906E1D

RGB rgb(144, 110, 29)

HSL hsl(42 66% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 24, 80, 44)

Luminance 0.1717

Contrast Black 4.43:1White 4.74:1

CSS

--color-906e1d: #906E1D;
.background-906e1d { background-color: #906E1D; }
.text-906e1d { color: #906E1D; }

Luminance0.1717

Black text4.43:1AA Fail

White text4.74:1AA 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":"#906E1D","rgb":[144,110,29],"hsl":[42,66,34],"cmyk":[0,24,80,44],"luminance":0.1717,"contrast":{"black":4.43,"white":4.74}}

WCAG

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

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.43,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.74,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#44340E","hex":"#44340E","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.74,"contrastWhite":12.04,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#1D4090","hex":"#1D4090","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.19,"contrastWhite":9.6,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#D5A534","hex":"#D5A534","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.26,"contrastWhite":2.27,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#90341D","hex":"#90341D","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.69,"contrastWhite":7.8,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.96,"contrastWhite":7.1,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Cedar adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/906e1d.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#1D4090","analogous":["#90341D","#79901D"],"triadic":["#1D906E","#6E1D90"],"tetradic":["#1D9034","#1D4090","#901D79"],"splitComplementary":["#1D7990","#341D90"],"monochromatic":["#D5A534","#906E1D","#44340E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D5A534","dark":"#44340E","saturated":"#A3750A","desaturated":"#7D6631","pastel":"#CCAC61","neon":"#D69600"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":24.919871588754223},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","distance":36},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":37.69615364994153},{"slug":"raw-umber","name":"Raw Umber","hex":"#826644","distance":42.20189569201838},{"slug":"saddle-brown","name":"Saddle Brown","hex":"#8B4513","distance":42.49705872175156}]

HEX meaning and use

About #906E1D

#906E1D is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #906E1D is visually closest to Cedar, a named orange color with HEX #8B5A2B.

The RGB channels are 144, 110, and 29, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 42deg with 66% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness 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 0.1717, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 24.92, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.43:1AA Fail

White text4.74:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #906E1D needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.43:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF4.74:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#44340E#FFFFFF text · best 12.04:1#44340E

#1D4090#FFFFFF text · best 9.6:1#1D4090

#D5A534#000000 text · best 9.26:1#D5A534

#90341D#FFFFFF text · best 7.8:1#90341D

Saddle Brown#FFFFFF text · best 7.1:1#8B4513

Generated Palette

#906E1D#906E1D

#1D4090#1D4090

#90341D#90341D

#79901D#79901D

#D5A534#D5A534

#44340E#44340E

Color Harmonies

#1D4090#1D4090

#90341D#90341D

#79901D#79901D

#1D906E#1D906E

#6E1D90#6E1D90

Variants

#D5A534#D5A534

#44340E#44340E

#A3750A#A3750A

#7D6631#7D6631

#CCAC61#CCAC61

#D69600#D69600

Nearest Named Colors

Cedar#8B5A2B

Sienna#A0522D

Olive#808000

Raw Umber#826644

Saddle Brown#8B4513

#906E1D

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #906E1D

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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