#281E03#281E03

#281E03 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.045 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E03
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 3)
HSL	hsl(44, 86%, 8%)
HSV	hsv(44, 93%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 92.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.87, 1.15, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.87, 16.46, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(24.07% 0.001 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(24.07% 0.045 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.3559, 1.3863, 0.2823)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E03 #030D28

analogous

#280B03 #281E03 #1F2803

triadic

#281E03 #03281E #1E0328

tetradic

#281E03 #03280B #030D28 #28031F

square

#281E03 #03280B #030D28 #28031F

split-complementary

#281E03 #031F28 #0B0328

monochromatic

#1C1502 #1C1502 #281E03 #614907 #9A730C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#281E03 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E03 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E03

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E03	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E03	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252004

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1A18

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e03;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 3);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.045 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635948',
    500: '#281e03',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e03;
$custom-light: #635948;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e03",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 3
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 86.047,
    "l": 8.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24067,
    "c": 0.04478,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E03

secondary

#1B316C

accent

#64FC2C

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#EBE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#7A7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E03

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

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