#281B07#281B07

#281B07 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.038 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B07
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 7)
HSL	hsl(36, 70%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 82.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.92, 3.69, 13.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.92, 13.99, 74.71°)
OKLab	oklab(23.35% 0.0093 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(23.35% 0.038 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3054, 1.2504, 0.3736)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B07 #071428

analogous

#280B07 #281B07 #252807

triadic

#281B07 #07281B #1B0728

tetradic

#281B07 #07280B #071428 #280725

square

#281B07 #07280B #071428 #280725

split-complementary

#281B07 #072528 #0B0728

monochromatic

#1A1205 #1A1205 #281B07 #5C3E10 #906119

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.80

#281B07 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B07 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B07

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B07	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B07	1.00	16.80	1.25	16.80
#FFFFFF	16.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201B05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b07;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 7);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.038 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574a',
    500: '#281b07',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b07;
$custom-light: #63574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b07",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 7
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23346,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B07

secondary

#233E68

accent

#81ED3B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B07

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

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