Exploring the Color #683111

#683111 sits at 22° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 72% saturation and 24% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 104, 49, 17 produces a 10.31:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #683111 is a clear variant of CSS maroon — about 57 units away from #800000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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