#281A14#281A14

#281A14 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.025 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A14
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 20)
HSL	hsl(18, 33%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(18, 50%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 50%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.85, 5.96, 6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.85, 9.09, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(23.37% 0.0181 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(23.37% 0.025 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3708, 1.2405, 0.8289)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A14 #142228

analogous

#281418 #281A14 #282414

triadic

#281A14 #14281A #1A1428

tetradic

#281A14 #182814 #142228 #241428

square

#281A14 #182814 #142228 #241428

split-complementary

#281A14 #142824 #141828

monochromatic

#140D0A #140D0A #281A14 #513528 #7A4F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.83

#281A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A14

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A14	1.00	16.83	1.25	16.83
#FFFFFF	16.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E1B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#211E14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1818

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.025 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625651',
    500: '#281a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a14;
$custom-light: #625651;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23373,
    "c": 0.02518,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A14

secondary

#3A535E

accent

#A9C95E

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A14

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

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