#281C04#281C04

#281C04 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.042 H 82.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C04
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 4)
HSL	hsl(40, 82%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(40, 90%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 90%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.21, 2.67, 15.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.21, 15.34, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(23.55% 0.0056 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(23.55% 0.042 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3123, 1.2905, 0.2948)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C04 #041028

analogous

#280A04 #281C04 #222804

triadic

#281C04 #04281C #1C0428

tetradic

#281C04 #04280A #041028 #280422

square

#281C04 #04280A #041028 #280422

split-complementary

#281C04 #042228 #0A0428

monochromatic

#1C1303 #1C1303 #281C04 #60430A #976A0F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.69

#281C04 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C04 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C04

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C04	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C04	1.00	16.69	1.26	16.69
#FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F05

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c04;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 4);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.042 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635748',
    500: '#281c04',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c04;
$custom-light: #635748;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c04",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 4
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 8.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23554,
    "c": 0.04237,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C04

secondary

#1D376B

accent

#72F830

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C04

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

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