#281A09#281A09

#281A09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.036 H 69.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A09
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 9)
HSL	hsl(33, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.63, 4.61, 12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.63, 13.10, 69.41°)
OKLab	oklab(23.13% 0.0124 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(23.13% 0.036 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2939, 1.2097, 0.4237)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A09 #091728

analogous

#280B09 #281A09 #272809

triadic

#281A09 #09281A #1A0928

tetradic

#281A09 #09280B #091728 #280927

square

#281A09 #09280B #091728 #280927

split-complementary

#281A09 #092728 #0B0928

monochromatic

#191006 #191006 #281A09 #5A3A14 #8C5B1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.91

#281A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A09

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A09	1.00	16.91	1.24	16.91
#FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.036 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63564a',
    500: '#281a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a09;
$custom-light: #63564a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.903,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23126,
    "c": 0.03588,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A09

secondary

#274366

accent

#8CE641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A09

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

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