#281B0D#281B0D

#281B0D is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.032 H 67.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281B0D
RGB	rgb(40, 27, 13)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 67.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.02, 4.31, 11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.02, 11.89, 68.76°)
OKLab	oklab(23.46% 0.0122 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(23.46% 0.032 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3397, 1.2641, 0.5541)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281B0D #0D1A28

analogous

#280D0D #281B0D #27280D

triadic

#281B0D #0D281B #1B0D28

tetradic

#281B0D #0D280D #0D1A28 #280D27

square

#281B0D #0D280D #0D1A28 #280D27

split-complementary

#281B0D #0D2728 #0D0D28

monochromatic

#171008 #171008 #281B0D #563A1C #84592B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.76

#281B0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281B0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281B0D

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281B0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281B0D	1.00	16.76	1.25	16.76
#FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F1C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#221F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1818

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281b0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 27, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.032 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574c',
    500: '#281b0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281b0d;
$custom-light: #63574c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281b0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23455,
    "c": 0.03167,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281B0D

secondary

#2F4762

accent

#91DA4D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281B0D

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

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