#281A02#281A02

#281A02 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.044 H 78.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A02
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 2)
HSL	hsl(38, 90%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(38, 95%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 95%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.52, 3.90, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.52, 15.46, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(23% 0.0086 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(23% 0.044 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2555, 1.1944, 0.2218)
Luminance	0.0119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A02 #021028

analogous

#280702 #281A02 #232802

triadic

#281A02 #02281A #1A0228

tetradic

#281A02 #022807 #021028 #280223

square

#281A02 #022807 #021028 #280223

split-complementary

#281A02 #022328 #070228

monochromatic

#1D1301 #1D1301 #281A02 #624005 #9D6608

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#281A02 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281A02 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A02

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A02	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A02	1.00	16.95	1.24	16.95
#FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231E03

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1615

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a02;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.044 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635647',
    500: '#281a02',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a02;
$custom-light: #635647;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a02",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23002,
    "c": 0.04448,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A02

secondary

#19386D

accent

#78FF29

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A02

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

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