#281C01#281C01

#281C01 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.047 H 85.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C01
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 1)
HSL	hsl(42, 95%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(42, 98%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 97.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.16, 2.37, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.16, 16.44, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(23.5% 0.0038 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(23.5% 0.047 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2959, 1.2839, 0.2083)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C01 #010D28

analogous

#280801 #281C01 #202801

triadic

#281C01 #01281C #1C0128

tetradic

#281C01 #012808 #010D28 #280120

square

#281C01 #012808 #010D28 #280120

split-complementary

#281C01 #012028 #080128

monochromatic

#1E1501 #1E1501 #281C01 #644602 #9F7004

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.71

#281C01 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C01 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C01

16.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C01	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C01	1.00	16.71	1.26	16.71
#FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F02

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1816

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c01;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.047 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635747',
    500: '#281c01',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c01;
$custom-light: #635747;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c01",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 95.122,
    "l": 8.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23503,
    "c": 0.04657,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C01

secondary

#16316F

accent

#6BFF29

background

#F6F5F3

surface

#EBE9E5

border

#C6C5C1

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C01

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

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