Exploring the Color #6C4625

#6C4625 sits at 28° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 49% saturation and 28% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 108, 70, 37 produces a 8.27:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6C4625 is a clear variant of CSS sienna — about 54 units away from #A0522D. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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