#281E05#281E05

#281E05 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.042 H 87.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E05
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 5)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(43, 88%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 87.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.90, 1.35, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.90, 15.70, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(24.1% 0.002 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(24.1% 0.042 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3668, 1.3907, 0.3400)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E05 #050F28

analogous

#280D05 #281E05 #212805

triadic

#281E05 #05281E #1E0528

tetradic

#281E05 #05280D #050F28 #280521

square

#281E05 #05280D #050F28 #280521

split-complementary

#281E05 #052128 #0D0528

monochromatic

#1B1403 #1B1403 #281E05 #5E470C #957013

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.43

#281E05 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E05 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E05

16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E05	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E05	1.00	16.43	1.28	16.43
#FFFFFF	16.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#252006

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1B19

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e05;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.042 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635949',
    500: '#281e05',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e05;
$custom-light: #635949;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e05",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 8.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24099,
    "c": 0.0421,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E05

secondary

#1F346A

accent

#6BF434

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E6

border

#C6C5C2

text

#050300

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E05

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

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