#281C0E#281C0E

#281C0E is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.031 H 69.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C0E
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 14)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(32, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 65%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.37, 3.71, 11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.37, 11.67, 71.49°)
OKLab	oklab(23.73% 0.0106 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(23.73% 0.031 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3697, 1.3134, 0.5968)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C0E #0E1A28

analogous

#280F0E #281C0E #27280E

triadic

#281C0E #0E281C #1C0E28

tetradic

#281C0E #0E280F #0E1A28 #280E27

square

#281C0E #0E280F #0E1A28 #280E27

split-complementary

#281C0E #0E2728 #0F0E28

monochromatic

#171008 #171008 #281C0E #553C1E #835B2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#281C0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C0E

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C0E	1.00	16.63	1.26	16.63
#FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1919

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.031 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63584d',
    500: '#281c0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c0e;
$custom-light: #63584d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.308,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23732,
    "c": 0.03062,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C0E

secondary

#304761

accent

#8FD850

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C0E

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

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