#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
RGBrgb(40, 21, 0)
HSLhsl(32, 100%, 8%)
HSVhsv(32, 100%, 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 47.5%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LABlab(8.89, 7.29, 13.46)
CIE-LCHlch(8.89, 15.31, 61.56°)
OKLaboklab(21.72% 0.0176 0.0442)
OKLCHoklch(21.72% 0.048 68.3)
XYZxyz(1.1433, 0.9876, 0.1304)
Luminance0.0099 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##2815001.0017.541.2017.54
#FFFFFF17.541.0021.001.00
#0000001.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF17.541.0021.001.00

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

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#281500 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva