#281B06#281B06

#281B06 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.039 H 77.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B06
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 6)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(37, 85%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 85%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.91, 3.59, 13.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.91, 14.33, 75.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.33% 0.0088 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(23.33% 0.039 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3000, 1.2482, 0.3447)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B06 #061328

analogous

#280A06 #281B06 #242806

triadic

#281B06 #06281B #1B0628

tetradic

#281B06 #06280A #061328 #280624

square

#281B06 #06280A #061328 #280624

split-complementary

#281B06 #062428 #0A0628

monochromatic

#1B1204 #1B1204 #281B06 #5D3F0E #926316

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.81

#281B06 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B06 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B06

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B06	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B06	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)

#201B04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1716

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b06;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.039 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635749',
    500: '#281b06',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b06;
$custom-light: #635749;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b06",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23329,
    "c": 0.03948,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B06

secondary

#213D69

accent

#7EF137

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B06

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

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