Exploring the Color #6F584C

#6F584C sits at 21° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 19% 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 111, 88, 76 produces a 6.61:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6F584C is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 34 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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