#281A12#281A12

#281A12 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.027 H 50.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A12
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 18)
HSL	hsl(22, 38%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.80, 5.67, 8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.80, 9.85, 54.88°)
OKLab	oklab(23.32% 0.017 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(23.32% 0.027 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3537, 1.2337, 0.7390)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A12 #122028

analogous

#281215 #281A12 #282512

triadic

#281A12 #12281A #1A1228

tetradic

#281A12 #152812 #122028 #251228

square

#281A12 #152812 #122028 #251228

split-complementary

#281A12 #122825 #121528

monochromatic

#150E09 #150E09 #281A12 #523525 #7C5138

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.84

#281A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A12

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A12	1.00	16.84	1.25	16.84
#FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211E12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1718

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.027 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635650',
    500: '#281a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a12;
$custom-light: #635650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.818,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23319,
    "c": 0.02683,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A12

secondary

#37505F

accent

#A4CE5A

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A12

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

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