#281B03#281B03

#281B03 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.043 H 80.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B03
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 3)
HSL	hsl(39, 86%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(39, 93%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 92.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.86, 3.28, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.86, 15.39, 77.68°)
OKLab	oklab(23.28% 0.0071 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(23.28% 0.043 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.2835, 1.2417, 0.2582)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B03 #031028

analogous

#280803 #281B03 #222803

triadic

#281B03 #03281B #1B0328

tetradic

#281B03 #032808 #031028 #280322

square

#281B03 #032808 #031028 #280322

split-complementary

#281B03 #032228 #080328

monochromatic

#1C1302 #1C1302 #281B03 #614107 #9A680C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.82

#281B03 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B03 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B03

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B03	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B03	1.00	16.82	1.25	16.82
#FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F04

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b03;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.043 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635748',
    500: '#281b03',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b03;
$custom-light: #635748;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b03",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23277,
    "c": 0.04336,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B03

secondary

#1B376C

accent

#75FC2C

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B03

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

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