#281D0D#281D0D

#281D0D is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.032 H 75.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281D0D
RGB	rgb(40, 29, 13)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 67.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.68, 2.87, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.68, 12.33, 76.55°)
OKLab	oklab(23.97% 0.008 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(23.97% 0.032 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3871, 1.3590, 0.5699)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281D0D #0D1828

analogous

#28100D #281D0D #25280D

triadic

#281D0D #0D281D #1D0D28

tetradic

#281D0D #0D2810 #0D1828 #280D25

square

#281D0D #0D2810 #0D1828 #280D25

split-complementary

#281D0D #0D2528 #100D28

monochromatic

#171108 #171108 #281D0D #563E1C #84602B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.51

#281D0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#281D0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281D0D

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281D0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281D0D	1.00	16.51	1.27	16.51
#FFFFFF	16.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24200D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1A19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281d0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 29, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.032 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63584c',
    500: '#281d0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281d0d;
$custom-light: #63584c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281d0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23971,
    "c": 0.03204,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281D0D

secondary

#2F4462

accent

#87DA4D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281D0D

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

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