#281809#281809

#281809 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.036 H 62.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281809
RGB	rgb(40, 24, 9)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.99, 6.05, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.99, 12.87, 61.97°)
OKLab	oklab(22.63% 0.0167 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(22.63% 0.036 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2511, 1.1242, 0.4095)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281809 #091928

analogous

#28090A #281809 #282809

triadic

#281809 #092818 #180928

tetradic

#281809 #0A2809 #091928 #280928

square

#281809 #0A2809 #091928 #280928

split-complementary

#281809 #092828 #090A28

monochromatic

#190F06 #190F06 #281809 #5A3614 #8C541F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.15

#281809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#281809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281809

17.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281809	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)

#1D1908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211D09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1415

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 24, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.036 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63544a',
    500: '#281809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281809;
$custom-light: #63544a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.032,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22625,
    "c": 0.03612,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281809

secondary

#274766

accent

#97E641

background

#F6F4F4

surface

#EBE7E7

border

#C6C3C3

text

#050201

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281809

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

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