#231A0A#231A0A

#231A0A is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.031 H 80.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231A0A
RGB	rgb(35, 26, 10)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 71.4%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.94, 1.89, 10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.94, 10.95, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(22.43% 0.005 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(22.43% 0.031 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.1174, 1.1181, 0.4441)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231A0A #0A1323

analogous

#230E0A #231A0A #20230A

triadic

#231A0A #0A231A #1A0A23

tetradic

#231A0A #0A230E #0A1323 #230A20

square

#231A0A #0A230E #0A1323 #230A20

split-complementary

#231A0A #0A2023 #0E0A23

monochromatic

#181207 #181207 #231A0A #533D18 #826125

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.16

#231A0A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#231A0A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231A0A

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231A0A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231A0A	1.00	17.16	1.22	17.16
#FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201C0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#261716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231a0a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 26, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.031 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e564b',
    500: '#231a0a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231a0a;
$custom-light: #5e564b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231a0a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22432,
    "c": 0.0307,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231A0A

secondary

#2A3D5F

accent

#7FDF49

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #231A0A

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

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