#281C06#281C06

#281C06 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.040 H 80.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C06
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 6)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(39, 85%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 85%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.24, 2.87, 14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.24, 14.62, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(23.59% 0.0067 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(23.59% 0.04 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3233, 1.2949, 0.3525)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C06 #061228

analogous

#280B06 #281C06 #232806

triadic

#281C06 #06281C #1C0628

tetradic

#281C06 #06280B #061228 #280623

square

#281C06 #06280B #061228 #280623

split-complementary

#281C06 #062328 #0B0628

monochromatic

#1B1304 #1B1304 #281C06 #5D410E #926716

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.68

#281C06 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C06 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C06

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C06	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C06	1.00	16.68	1.26	16.68
#FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F07

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1817

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c06;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.040 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635749',
    500: '#281c06',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c06;
$custom-light: #635749;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c06",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23588,
    "c": 0.03979,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C06

secondary

#213A69

accent

#79F137

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C06

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

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