#281C0C#281C0C

#281C0C is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.033 H 73.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C0C
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 12)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 70%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.33, 3.47, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.33, 12.47, 73.82°)
OKLab	oklab(23.69% 0.0096 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(23.69% 0.033 73)
XYZ	xyz(1.3568, 1.3083, 0.5288)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C0C #0C1828

analogous

#280E0C #281C0C #26280C

triadic

#281C0C #0C281C #1C0C28

tetradic

#281C0C #0C280E #0C1828 #280C26

square

#281C0C #0C280E #0C1828 #280C26

split-complementary

#281C0C #0C2628 #0E0C28

monochromatic

#181007 #181007 #281C0C #573D1A #865E28

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.65

#281C0C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C0C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C0C

16.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C0C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C0C	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)

#201C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c0c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.033 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63584c',
    500: '#281c0c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c0c;
$custom-light: #63584c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c0c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23692,
    "c": 0.03291,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.01308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C0C

secondary

#2D4463

accent

#89DD4B

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C0C

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

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