#281500#281500

#281500 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.048 H 68.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281500
RGB	rgb(40, 21, 0)
HSL	hsl(32, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(32, 100%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.5%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.89, 7.29, 13.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.89, 15.31, 61.56°)
OKLab	oklab(21.72% 0.0176 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(21.72% 0.048 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.1433, 0.9876, 0.1304)
Luminance	0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281500 #001328

analogous

#280100 #281500 #272800

triadic

#281500 #002815 #150028

tetradic

#281500 #002801 #001328 #280027

square

#281500 #002801 #001328 #280027

split-complementary

#281500 #002728 #010028

monochromatic

#1F1000 #1F1000 #281500 #653500 #A25500

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.54

#281500 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#281500 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281500

17.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281500	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281500	1.00	17.54	1.20	17.54
#FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201B00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1010

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281500;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 21, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.048 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635246',
    500: '#281500',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281500;
$custom-light: #635246;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281500",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21722,
    "c": 0.04758,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281500

secondary

#144070

accent

#8FFF29

background

#F6F4F3

surface

#EBE7E5

border

#C6C3C1

text

#050200

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281500

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

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