#281C0D#281C0D

#281C0D is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.032 H 71.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C0D
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 13)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 67.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.35, 3.58, 11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.35, 12.08, 72.74°)
OKLab	oklab(23.71% 0.0101 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(23.71% 0.032 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.3630, 1.3108, 0.5619)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C0D #0D1928

analogous

#280E0D #281C0D #26280D

triadic

#281C0D #0D281C #1C0D28

tetradic

#281C0D #0D280E #0D1928 #280D26

square

#281C0D #0D280E #0D1928 #280D26

split-complementary

#281C0D #0D2628 #0E0D28

monochromatic

#171008 #171008 #281C0D #563C1C #845D2B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.64

#281C0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C0D

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C0D	1.00	16.64	1.26	16.64
#FFFFFF	16.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1918

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.032 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63584c',
    500: '#281c0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c0d;
$custom-light: #63584c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23711,
    "c": 0.03178,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C0D

secondary

#2F4662

accent

#8CDA4D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C0D

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

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