#281C0B#281C0B

#281C0B is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.034 H 74.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C0B
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 11)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 72.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.32, 3.37, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.32, 12.85, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(23.67% 0.0091 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(23.67% 0.034 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3508, 1.3059, 0.4975)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C0B #0B1728

analogous

#280D0B #281C0B #26280B

triadic

#281C0B #0B281C #1C0B28

tetradic

#281C0B #0B280D #0B1728 #280B26

square

#281C0B #0B280D #0B1728 #280B26

split-complementary

#281C0B #0B2628 #0D0B28

monochromatic

#181107 #181107 #281C0B #583E18 #885F25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.65

#281C0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C0B

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C0B	1.00	16.65	1.26	16.65
#FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.034 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63574b',
    500: '#281c0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c0b;
$custom-light: #63574b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23674,
    "c": 0.03403,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C0B

secondary

#2B4364

accent

#87E048

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C0B

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

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