#281D09#281D09

#281D09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.037 H 80.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D09
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 9)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.62, 2.45, 13.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.62, 13.86, 79.80°)
OKLab	oklab(23.9% 0.0061 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(23.9% 0.037 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3638, 1.3497, 0.4471)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D09 #091428

analogous

#280E09 #281D09 #242809

triadic

#281D09 #09281D #1D0928

tetradic

#281D09 #09280E #091428 #280924

square

#281D09 #09280E #091428 #280924

split-complementary

#281D09 #092428 #0E0928

monochromatic

#191206 #191206 #281D09 #5A4114 #8C651F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#281D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D09

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D09	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221D07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24200A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.037 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63584a',
    500: '#281d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d09;
$custom-light: #63584a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.239,
    "c": 0.03664,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D09

secondary

#273D66

accent

#7CE641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D09

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

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