#231A09#231A09

#231A09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.032 H 81.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231A09
RGB	rgb(35, 26, 9)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 74.3%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.92, 1.77, 11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.92, 11.31, 80.98°)
OKLab	oklab(22.41% 0.0045 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(22.41% 0.032 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1119, 1.1159, 0.4152)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231A09 #091223

analogous

#230D09 #231A09 #1F2309

triadic

#231A09 #09231A #1A0923

tetradic

#231A09 #09230D #091223 #23091F

square

#231A09 #09230D #091223 #23091F

split-complementary

#231A09 #091F23 #0D0923

monochromatic

#181206 #181206 #231A09 #543E16 #846222

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.17

#231A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#231A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231A09

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231A09	1.00	17.17	1.22	17.17
#FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201C0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 26, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.032 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e564a',
    500: '#231a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231a09;
$custom-light: #5e564a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22413,
    "c": 0.03195,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231A09

secondary

#283B60

accent

#7CE246

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #231A09

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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