#281B05#281B05

#281B05 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.041 H 78.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B05
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 5)
HSL	hsl(38, 78%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(38, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 87.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.89, 3.49, 14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.89, 14.68, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(23.31% 0.0082 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(23.31% 0.041 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2945, 1.2460, 0.3159)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B05 #051228

analogous

#280A05 #281B05 #242805

triadic

#281B05 #05281B #1B0528

tetradic

#281B05 #05280A #051228 #280524

square

#281B05 #05280A #051228 #280524

split-complementary

#281B05 #052428 #0A0528

monochromatic

#1B1203 #1B1203 #281B05 #5E400C #956413

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.81

#281B05 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B05 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B05

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B05	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B05	1.00	16.81	1.25	16.81
#FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F06

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b05;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.041 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635749',
    500: '#281b05',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b05;
$custom-light: #635749;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b05",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23312,
    "c": 0.04072,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B05

secondary

#1F3B6A

accent

#7BF434

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B05

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

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