#281C05#281C05

#281C05 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.041 H 81.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C05
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 5)
HSL	hsl(39, 78%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(39, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 87.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.22, 2.77, 14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.22, 14.98, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(23.57% 0.0061 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(23.57% 0.041 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3178, 1.2927, 0.3237)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C05 #051128

analogous

#280B05 #281C05 #232805

triadic

#281C05 #05281C #1C0528

tetradic

#281C05 #05280B #051128 #280523

square

#281C05 #05280B #051128 #280523

split-complementary

#281C05 #052328 #0B0528

monochromatic

#1B1303 #1B1303 #281C05 #5E420C #956813

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.69

#281C05 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C05 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C05

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C05	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C05	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)

#211C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F06

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c05;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.041 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635749',
    500: '#281c05',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c05;
$custom-light: #635749;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c05",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23571,
    "c": 0.04106,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C05

secondary

#1F396A

accent

#76F434

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C05

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

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