#281D00#281D00

#281D00 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.049 H 88.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D00
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 0)
HSL	hsl(44, 100%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(44, 100%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 100%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.48, 1.56, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.48, 17.19, 84.81°)
OKLab	oklab(23.75% 0.0012 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(23.75% 0.049 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3145, 1.3299, 0.1875)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D00 #000B28

analogous

#280900 #281D00 #1F2800

triadic

#281D00 #00281D #1D0028

tetradic

#281D00 #002809 #000B28 #28001F

square

#281D00 #002809 #000B28 #28001F

split-complementary

#281D00 #001F28 #090028

monochromatic

#1F1600 #1F1600 #281D00 #654900 #A27600

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.59

#281D00 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281D00 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D00

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D00	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D00	1.00	16.59	1.27	16.59
#FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252001

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d00;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.049 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635846',
    500: '#281d00',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d00;
$custom-light: #635846;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d00",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 7.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23751,
    "c": 0.04853,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D00

secondary

#142D70

accent

#64FF29

background

#F6F5F3

surface

#EBE9E5

border

#C6C5C1

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D00

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

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