#231C19#231C19

#231C19 is a very dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.012 H 44.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#231C19
RGB	rgb(35, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(18, 17%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(18, 29%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 28.6%, 86.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.98, 2.79, 3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.98, 4.36, 50.22°)
OKLab	oklab(23.36% 0.0089 0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(23.36% 0.012 44.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2839, 1.2581, 1.0947)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#231C19 #192023

analogous

#23191B #231C19 #232119

triadic

#231C19 #19231C #1C1923

tetradic

#231C19 #1B2319 #192023 #211923

square

#231C19 #1B2319 #192023 #211923

split-complementary

#231C19 #192321 #191B23

monochromatic

#120E0D #120E0D #231C19 #473933 #6A554C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.78

#231C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#231C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #231C19

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##231C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##231C19	1.00	16.78	1.25	16.78
#FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1E19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#251B1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #231c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.012 44.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5855',
    500: '#231c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #231c19;
$custom-light: #5e5855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#231c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 16.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23363,
    "c": 0.01243,
    "h": 44.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#231C19

secondary

#434F55

accent

#A3B96E

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#E9E9E7

border

#C5C5C3

text

#040303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #231C19

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

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