#281B09#281B09

#281B09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.036 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B09
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 9)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.96, 3.89, 12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.96, 13.30, 73.01°)
OKLab	oklab(23.38% 0.0103 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(23.38% 0.036 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3164, 1.2548, 0.4313)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B09 #091628

analogous

#280C09 #281B09 #262809

triadic

#281B09 #09281B #1B0928

tetradic

#281B09 #09280C #091628 #280926

square

#281B09 #09280C #091628 #280926

split-complementary

#281B09 #092628 #0C0928

monochromatic

#191106 #191106 #281B09 #5A3D14 #8C5E1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#281B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B09

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B09	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F09

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.036 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574a',
    500: '#281b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b09;
$custom-light: #63574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23381,
    "c": 0.03599,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B09

secondary

#274166

accent

#87E641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B09

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

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