#281B02#281B02

#281B02 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.045 H 81.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B02
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 2)
HSL	hsl(39, 90%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(39, 95%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 95%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.85, 3.19, 15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.85, 15.75, 78.33°)
OKLab	oklab(23.26% 0.0065 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(23.26% 0.045 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.2781, 1.2395, 0.2293)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B02 #020F28

analogous

#280802 #281B02 #222802

triadic

#281B02 #02281B #1B0228

tetradic

#281B02 #022808 #020F28 #280222

square

#281B02 #022808 #020F28 #280222

split-complementary

#281B02 #022228 #080228

monochromatic

#1D1401 #1D1401 #281B02 #624205 #9D6A08

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.83

#281B02 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B02 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B02

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B02	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B02	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)

#201B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F03

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b02;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.045 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635747',
    500: '#281b02',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b02;
$custom-light: #635747;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b02",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.474,
    "s": 90.476,
    "l": 8.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2326,
    "c": 0.04475,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B02

secondary

#19366D

accent

#72FF29

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B02

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

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