#281B04#281B04

#281B04 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.042 H 79.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B04
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 4)
HSL	hsl(38, 82%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(38, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 90%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.88, 3.39, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.88, 15.03, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(23.29% 0.0077 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(23.29% 0.042 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.2890, 1.2438, 0.2870)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B04 #041128

analogous

#280904 #281B04 #232804

triadic

#281B04 #04281B #1B0428

tetradic

#281B04 #042809 #041128 #280423

square

#281B04 #042809 #041128 #280423

split-complementary

#281B04 #042328 #090428

monochromatic

#1C1303 #1C1303 #281B04 #60410A #97660F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.82

#281B04 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B04 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B04

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B04	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B04	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)

#201B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F05

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b04;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 4);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.042 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635748',
    500: '#281b04',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b04;
$custom-light: #635748;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b04",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 4
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.333,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23294,
    "c": 0.04202,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B04

secondary

#1D396B

accent

#78F830

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B04

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

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