#281609#281609

#281609 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.037 H 55.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281609
RGB	rgb(40, 22, 9)
HSL	hsl(25, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(25, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.36, 7.49, 10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.36, 12.87, 54.43°)
OKLab	oklab(22.14% 0.021 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(22.14% 0.037 55.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2114, 1.0448, 0.3963)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281609 #091B28

analogous

#28090C #281609 #282609

triadic

#281609 #092816 #160928

tetradic

#281609 #0C2809 #091B28 #260928

square

#281609 #0C2809 #091B28 #260928

split-complementary

#281609 #092826 #090C28

monochromatic

#190E06 #190E06 #281609 #5A3114 #8C4D1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.37

#281609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#281609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281609

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281609	1.00	17.37	1.21	17.37
#FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201C09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1213

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 22, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.037 55.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63534a',
    500: '#281609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281609;
$custom-light: #63534a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.161,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22139,
    "c": 0.03696,
    "h": 55.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281609

secondary

#274B66

accent

#A1E641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050201

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281609

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

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