#281700#281700

#281700 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.047 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281700
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 0)
HSL	hsl(35, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(35, 100%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.51, 5.86, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.51, 15.50, 67.81°)
OKLab	oklab(22.21% 0.0135 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(22.21% 0.047 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.1816, 1.0640, 0.1431)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281700 #001128

analogous

#280300 #281700 #252800

triadic

#281700 #002817 #170028

tetradic

#281700 #002803 #001128 #280025

square

#281700 #002803 #001128 #280025

split-complementary

#281700 #002528 #030028

monochromatic

#1F1200 #1F1200 #281700 #653A00 #A25D00

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#281700 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#281700 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281700

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281700	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281700	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211C00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1312

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281700;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.047 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635346',
    500: '#281700',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281700;
$custom-light: #635346;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281700",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22209,
    "c": 0.0472,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281700

secondary

#143B70

accent

#84FF29

background

#F6F4F3

surface

#EBE7E5

border

#C6C3C1

text

#050200

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281700

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

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