#261C09#261C09

#261C09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.035 H 81.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#261C09
RGB	rgb(38, 28, 9)
HSL	hsl(39, 62%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.3%, 76.3%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.01, 2.04, 12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.01, 12.92, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(23.36% 0.005 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(23.36% 0.035 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2640, 1.2624, 0.4355)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#261C09 #091326

analogous

#260E09 #261C09 #222609

triadic

#261C09 #09261C #1C0926

tetradic

#261C09 #09260E #091326 #260922

square

#261C09 #09260E #091326 #260922

split-complementary

#261C09 #092226 #0E0926

monochromatic

#191206 #191206 #261C09 #574015 #896520

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77

#261C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#261C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #261C09

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##261C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##261C09	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A1918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #261c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 28, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.035 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#61574a',
    500: '#261c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #261c09;
$custom-light: #61574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#261c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2336,
    "c": 0.0349,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#261C09

secondary

#273C63

accent

#7BE543

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #261C09

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

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