#281C12#281C12

#281C12 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.026 H 60.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281C12
RGB	rgb(40, 28, 18)
HSL	hsl(27, 38%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(27, 55%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.45, 4.23, 8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.45, 9.90, 64.74°)
OKLab	oklab(23.82% 0.0127 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(23.82% 0.026 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3996, 1.3254, 0.7543)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281C12 #121E28

analogous

#281213 #281C12 #282712

triadic

#281C12 #12281C #1C1228

tetradic

#281C12 #132812 #121E28 #271228

square

#281C12 #132812 #121E28 #271228

split-complementary

#281C12 #122827 #121328

monochromatic

#150F09 #150F09 #281C12 #523A25 #7C5738

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.60

#281C12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#281C12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281C12

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281C12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281C12	1.00	16.60	1.26	16.60
#FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201D11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#231F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281c12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 28, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.026 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625850',
    500: '#281c12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281c12;
$custom-light: #625850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281c12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23823,
    "c": 0.02608,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281C12

secondary

#374D5F

accent

#99CE5A

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281C12

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

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