Information about #6C4E1E color

#6C4E1E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#6C4E1E falls into the Orange Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(108, 78, 30) — 42.4% red, 30.6% green, 11.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 31 / 58. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #6C4E1E reads as a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Field Drab (#6C541E). Slightly further away sit Kobicha (#6B4423) and Cafe Royale (#6A4928).

In RGB terms — rgb(108, 78, 30) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 7.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.7:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #6C4E1E is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#6C4E1E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#6C4E1E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #6C4E1E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Field Drab color link
Field Drab

#6C541E

Kobicha color link
Kobicha

#6B4423

Cafe Royale color link
Cafe Royale

#6A4928

Donkey Brown color link
Donkey Brown

#664C28

Dark Brown color link
Dark Brown

#654321

Ironbark color link
Ironbark

#6D4D2C

Himalaya color link
Himalaya

#6A5D1B

Trailblazer color link
Trailblazer

#5F4C27

Sepia color link
Sepia

#704214

Horses Neck color link
Horses Neck

#6D562C

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#6C4E1E
  • RGB108, 78, 30
  • CMYK0, 12, 31, 58
  • CSSrgb(108, 78, 30)
  • HSL37°, 57%, 27%
  • HSL Precise36.923°, 56.522%, 27.059%
  • HSV37°, 72%, 42%
  • HSB37°, 72%, 42%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.424
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.306
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.118
  • GLSLvec3(0.424, 0.306, 0.118)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.424, 0.306, 0.118, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.424, 0.306, 0.118)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB42.4%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB30.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB11.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID6C4E1E
  • DECIMAL ID7097886
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers10 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01