#281A05#281A05

#281A05 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.041 H 75.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A05
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 5)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(36, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 87.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.56, 4.20, 13.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.56, 14.43, 73.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.06% 0.0103 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(23.06% 0.041 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.2719, 1.2010, 0.3084)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A05 #051328

analogous

#280905 #281A05 #252805

triadic

#281A05 #05281A #1A0528

tetradic

#281A05 #052809 #051328 #280525

square

#281A05 #052809 #051328 #280525

split-complementary

#281A05 #052528 #090528

monochromatic

#1B1203 #1B1203 #281A05 #5E3D0C #956113

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.93

#281A05 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281A05 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A05

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A05	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A05	1.00	16.93	1.24	16.93
#FFFFFF	16.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E05

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1615

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a05;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.041 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635649',
    500: '#281a05',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a05;
$custom-light: #635649;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a05",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23055,
    "c": 0.0405,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A05

secondary

#1F3D6A

accent

#81F434

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A05

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

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