#281709#281709

#281709 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.036 H 58.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281709
RGB	rgb(40, 23, 9)
HSL	hsl(27, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.67, 6.77, 10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.67, 12.84, 58.18°)
OKLab	oklab(22.38% 0.0188 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(22.38% 0.036 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2309, 1.0837, 0.4027)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281709 #091A28

analogous

#28090B #281709 #282709

triadic

#281709 #092817 #170928

tetradic

#281709 #0B2809 #091A28 #270928

square

#281709 #0B2809 #091A28 #270928

split-complementary

#281709 #092827 #090B28

monochromatic

#190E06 #190E06 #281709 #5A3414 #8C501F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#281709 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281709 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281709

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281709	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281709	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#201C09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1314

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281709;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 23, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.036 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63544a',
    500: '#281709',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281709;
$custom-light: #63544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281709",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2238,
    "c": 0.03646,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281709

secondary

#274966

accent

#9CE641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050201

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281709

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

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