#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
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 12)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 70%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.00, 4.19, 11.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.00, 12.26, 70.00°)
OKLab	oklab(23.44% 0.0117 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(23.44% 0.033 69)
XYZ	xyz(1.3334, 1.2616, 0.5210)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##281B0C	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #281B0C

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

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