Exploring the Color #6E5D4D

#6E5D4D sits at 29° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 18% saturation and 37% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 110, 93, 77 produces a 6.30:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6E5D4D is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 31 units away from #696969. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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