#281C09#281C09

#281C09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.036 H 77.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C09
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 9)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.29, 3.17, 13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.29, 13.55, 76.47°)
OKLab	oklab(23.64% 0.0082 0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(23.64% 0.036 77)
XYZ	xyz(1.3397, 1.3014, 0.4390)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C09 #091528

analogous

#280D09 #281C09 #252809

triadic

#281C09 #09281C #1C0928

tetradic

#281C09 #09280D #091528 #280925

square

#281C09 #09280D #091528 #280925

split-complementary

#281C09 #092528 #0D0928

monochromatic

#191106 #191106 #281C09 #5A3F14 #8C621F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.66

#281C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C09

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C09	1.00	16.66	1.26	16.66
#FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211C07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.036 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574a',
    500: '#281c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c09;
$custom-light: #63574a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.774,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23639,
    "c": 0.03625,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.01301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C09

secondary

#273F66

accent

#81E641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C09

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

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