#281A03#281A03

#281A03 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.043 H 77.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A03
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 3)
HSL	hsl(37, 86%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(37, 93%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 92.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.53, 4.00, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.53, 15.11, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(23.02% 0.0092 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(23.02% 0.043 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2610, 1.1966, 0.2507)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A03 #031128

analogous

#280703 #281A03 #232803

triadic

#281A03 #03281A #1A0328

tetradic

#281A03 #032807 #031128 #280323

square

#281A03 #032807 #031128 #280323

split-complementary

#281A03 #032328 #070328

monochromatic

#1C1302 #1C1302 #281A03 #613F07 #9A640C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#281A03 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281A03 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A03

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A03	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A03	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)

#1F1A01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231E04

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1615

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a03;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.043 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635648',
    500: '#281a03',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a03;
$custom-light: #635648;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a03",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23019,
    "c": 0.04311,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A03

secondary

#1B3A6C

accent

#7BFC2C

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A03

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

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