#281C03#281C03

#281C03 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.044 H 83.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C03
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 3)
HSL	hsl(41, 86%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(41, 93%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 92.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.19, 2.57, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.19, 15.71, 80.58°)
OKLab	oklab(23.54% 0.005 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(23.54% 0.044 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3068, 1.2883, 0.2660)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C03 #030F28

analogous

#280903 #281C03 #212803

triadic

#281C03 #03281C #1C0328

tetradic

#281C03 #032809 #030F28 #280321

square

#281C03 #032809 #030F28 #280321

split-complementary

#281C03 #032128 #090328

monochromatic

#1C1402 #1C1402 #281C03 #614407 #9A6C0C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.70

#281C03 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C03 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C03

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C03	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C03	1.00	16.70	1.26	16.70
#FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F04

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c03;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.044 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635748',
    500: '#281c03',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c03;
$custom-light: #635748;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c03",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.541,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23538,
    "c": 0.04373,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C03

secondary

#1B356C

accent

#6FFC2C

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C03

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

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