#281B0C#281B0C

#281B0C is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.033 H 69.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#281B0C
RGBrgb(40, 27, 12)
HSLhsl(32, 54%, 10%)
HSVhsv(32, 70%, 16%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32.5%, 70%, 84.3%)
CIE-LABlab(11.00, 4.19, 11.52)
CIE-LCHlch(11.00, 12.26, 70.00°)
OKLaboklab(23.44% 0.0117 0.0306)
OKLCHoklch(23.44% 0.033 69)
XYZxyz(1.3334, 1.2616, 0.5210)
Luminance0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#281B0C #0C1928
analogous
#280D0C #281B0C #27280C
triadic
#281B0C #0C281B #1B0C28
tetradic
#281B0C #0C280D #0C1928 #280C27
square
#281B0C #0C280D #0C1928 #280C27
split-complementary
#281B0C #0C2728 #0D0C28
monochromatic
#181007 #181007 #281B0C #573B1A #865B28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77
#281B0C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25
#281B0C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B0C
16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##281B0C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##281B0C1.0016.771.2516.77
#FFFFFF16.771.0021.001.00
#0000001.2521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF16.771.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1F1C0B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#221F0C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2C1817
Achromatopsia (no color)
#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #281b0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.033 69.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574c',
    500: '#281b0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #281b0c;
$custom-light: #63574c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#281b0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23435,
    "c": 0.03276,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.01262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#281B0C
secondary
#2D4663
accent
#8FDD4B
background
#F5F5F4
surface
#EAE9E7
border
#C6C5C3
text
#050301
muted
#797877

Preview Lab

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#281B0C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva