#281C07#281C07

#281C07 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.039 H 79.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C07
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 7)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(38, 83%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 82.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.26, 2.97, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.26, 14.26, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(23.61% 0.0072 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(23.61% 0.039 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.3288, 1.2971, 0.3813)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C07 #071328

analogous

#280C07 #281C07 #242807

triadic

#281C07 #07281C #1C0728

tetradic

#281C07 #07280C #071328 #280724

square

#281C07 #07280C #071328 #280724

split-complementary

#281C07 #072428 #0C0728

monochromatic

#1A1205 #1A1205 #281C07 #5C4010 #906519

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.67

#281C07 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C07 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C07

16.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C07	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C07	1.00	16.67	1.26	16.67
#FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#241F08

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c07;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 7);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.039 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574a',
    500: '#281c07',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c07;
$custom-light: #63574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c07",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 7
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 9.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23605,
    "c": 0.03858,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C07

secondary

#233C68

accent

#7CED3B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C07

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

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