#281B01#281B01

#281B01 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.046 H 82.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B01
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 1)
HSL	hsl(40, 95%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(40, 98%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 97.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.83, 3.08, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.83, 16.10, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(23.24% 0.0059 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(23.24% 0.046 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2726, 1.2373, 0.2005)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B01 #010E28

analogous

#280701 #281B01 #212801

triadic

#281B01 #01281B #1B0128

tetradic

#281B01 #012807 #010E28 #280121

square

#281B01 #012807 #010E28 #280121

split-complementary

#281B01 #012128 #070128

monochromatic

#1E1401 #1E1401 #281B01 #644302 #9F6C04

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.84

#281B01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B01 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B01

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B01	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)

#201B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231E02

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.046 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635747',
    500: '#281b01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b01;
$custom-light: #635747;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 8.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23242,
    "c": 0.04619,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B01

secondary

#16346F

accent

#70FF29

background

#F6F5F3

surface

#EBE9E5

border

#C6C5C1

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B01

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

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