#281D06#281D06

#281D06 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.040 H 83.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D06
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 6)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(41, 85%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 85%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.57, 2.16, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.57, 14.95, 81.70°)
OKLab	oklab(23.85% 0.0046 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(23.85% 0.04 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3474, 1.3431, 0.3605)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D06 #061128

analogous

#280C06 #281D06 #222806

triadic

#281D06 #06281D #1D0628

tetradic

#281D06 #06280C #061128 #280622

square

#281D06 #06280C #061128 #280622

split-complementary

#281D06 #062228 #0C0628

monochromatic

#1B1304 #1B1304 #281D06 #5D440E #926A16

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.55

#281D06 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281D06 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D06

16.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D06	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D06	1.00	16.55	1.27	16.55
#FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221D04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242007

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d06;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 6);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.040 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635849',
    500: '#281d06',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d06;
$custom-light: #635849;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d06",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 6
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 9.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23851,
    "c": 0.04024,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D06

secondary

#213869

accent

#73F137

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D06

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

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