#281808#281808

#281808 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.037 H 64.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281808
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 8)
HSL	hsl(30, 67%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(30, 80%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 80%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.97, 5.95, 11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.97, 13.16, 63.14°)
OKLab	oklab(22.61% 0.0162 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(22.61% 0.037 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2456, 1.1220, 0.3806)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281808 #081828

analogous

#280808 #281808 #282808

triadic

#281808 #082818 #180828

tetradic

#281808 #082808 #081828 #280828

square

#281808 #082808 #081828 #280828

split-complementary

#281808 #082828 #080828

monochromatic

#1A0F05 #1A0F05 #281808 #5B3712 #8E551C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.15

#281808 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281808 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281808

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281808	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281808	1.00	17.15	1.22	17.15
#FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211D08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1414

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281808;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.037 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63544a',
    500: '#281808',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281808;
$custom-light: #63544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281808",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22607,
    "c": 0.03712,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281808

secondary

#254667

accent

#94EA3E

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050201

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281808

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

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