#261B09#261B09

#261B09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.034 H 78.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261B09
RGB	rgb(38, 27, 9)
HSL	hsl(37, 62%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(37, 76%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 76.3%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.67, 2.76, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.67, 12.59, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(23.1% 0.0072 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(23.1% 0.034 78)
XYZ	xyz(1.2406, 1.2157, 0.4277)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261B09 #091426

analogous

#260D09 #261B09 #232609

triadic

#261B09 #09261B #1B0926

tetradic

#261B09 #09260D #091426 #260923

square

#261B09 #09260D #091426 #260923

split-complementary

#261B09 #092326 #0D0926

monochromatic

#191206 #191206 #261B09 #573E15 #896120

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#261B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#261B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261B09

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261B09	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 27, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.034 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61574a',
    500: '#261b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261b09;
$custom-light: #61574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23096,
    "c": 0.03444,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.01216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261B09

secondary

#273E63

accent

#80E543

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #261B09

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

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