#6E583E

Color Profile: #6E583E

Subject: [Arts & Entertainment / Visual Art & Design]

Common Name: deep olive brown, sepia drab

Specs & Conversions

• HEX: #6E583E
• RGB: 110, 88, 62
• HSL: ~32°, ~28%, ~34%
• HSV/HSB: ~32°, ~44%, ~43%
• CMYK (est.): ~0, ~20, ~44, ~57
• Relative Luminance: ~0.11

Contrast vs Backgrounds

• On White (#FFFFFF): ~6.7:1 — AA (normal text) pass, AAA near but not pass
• On Black (#000000): ~3.1:1 — AA (large ≥18pt/14pt bold) pass, AA (normal) fail

Tip: for body copy, use it on light surfaces; for dark UIs, bump size/weight or add a subtle light outline.

Mood & Character

Grounded and utilitarian, #6E583E leans warm with a dry, earthy undertone. It reads like sun-baked timber or aged leather—steady, low-glare, and unpretentious. Popular in heritage palettes and field gear, it signals durability and calm over flash. Use it when you want trust, texture, and timeworn charm without going flat.

Close Named Matches (by visual proximity)

• RAL Design — RAL 075 40 20 #6D563C (ΔE≈0.91) near-exact
• Dutch Boy — Congo Drum (O-33-5) #6C563D (ΔE≈0.97) near-exact
• Behr — Clockworks (MQ2-9) #6F573D (ΔE≈1.03)
• Federal Standard 595C — 33105 Field Drab #6F5B41 (ΔE≈1.48)
• Sherwin-Williams — Coconut Husk (SW 6111) #70573F (ΔE≈1.75)

Note: ΔE under ~2 is typically indistinguishable on most surfaces; these picks are production-friendly swaps when exact ink/pigment isn’t available.

Why Designers Use It.

• Camouflage & Utility Lineage: With close ties to Field Drab families, the hue behaves predictably outdoors and on matte coatings. It masks wear, dust, and seam lines on textiles, webbing, and molded plastics—ideal for gear, luggage, and hardware.
• Interior Warmth without Redness: Compared to red-leaning browns, this olive-brown stays neutral-warm, playing well with concrete, blackened steel, travertine, and unlacquered brass. It’s a steady base for hospitality, retail fixtures, and residential millwork that need warmth minus gloss.
• Brand Heritage & Craft Cues: On packaging and identity systems, it suggests leather, tobacco, coffee, soil—materials that read honest and seasoned. Paired with bone white and serif type, it lands that boutique-apothecary vibe; with condensed grotesks on kraft, it shifts to rugged goods.
• Manufacturing Friendliness: Pigment mixes in this band are widely available for powder coat (see Tiger Drylac families), PU coatings, solvent/latex paints, and anodic-look finishes. The low-chroma profile controls metamerism under retail lighting and daylight, reducing surprise shifts in rollout.
• Digital UI & Theming: As a token color for dark neutrals, #6E583E works for chips, tags, and muted callouts. Keep contrast in mind (AA guidance above) and reserve it for accents, dividers, or elevated states rather than primary body text on dark canvases.
• Category Fit: Outdoors (camp, field, garden), heritage fashion, workwear, coffee/spirits, wellness brands with a natural lean, and furniture finishes that want patina out of the box. It trends quietly in regional rustic/modern hybrids across Northern Europe and the Pacific Northwest.