#281A0C#281A0C

#281A0C is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.033 H 65.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A0C
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 12)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 70%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.68, 4.91, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.68, 12.11, 66.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.18% 0.0139 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(23.18% 0.033 65)
XYZ	xyz(1.3109, 1.2165, 0.5135)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A0C #0C1A28

analogous

#280C0C #281A0C #28280C

triadic

#281A0C #0C281A #1A0C28

tetradic

#281A0C #0C280C #0C1A28 #280C28

square

#281A0C #0C280C #0C1A28 #280C28

split-complementary

#281A0C #0C2828 #0C0C28

monochromatic

#180F07 #180F07 #281A0C #57391A #865728

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#281A0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#281A0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A0C

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A0C	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.033 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63564c',
    500: '#281a0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a0c;
$custom-light: #63564c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23181,
    "c": 0.03278,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.01216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A0C

secondary

#2D4863

accent

#94DD4B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A0C

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

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