#281E0B#281E0B

#281E0B is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.035 H 81.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E0B
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 11)
HSL	hsl(39, 57%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 72.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.98, 1.94, 13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.98, 13.45, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(24.2% 0.0049 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(24.2% 0.035 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.3998, 1.4039, 0.5138)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E0B #0B1528

analogous

#280F0B #281E0B #24280B

triadic

#281E0B #0B281E #1E0B28

tetradic

#281E0B #0B280F #0B1528 #280B24

square

#281E0B #0B280F #0B1528 #280B24

split-complementary

#281E0B #0B2428 #0F0B28

monochromatic

#181207 #181207 #281E0B #584218 #886625

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.40

#281E0B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E0B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E0B

16.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E0B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E0B	1.00	16.40	1.28	16.40
#FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25210C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1B1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e0b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.035 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63594b',
    500: '#281e0b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e0b;
$custom-light: #63594b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e0b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.31,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 10
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24197,
    "c": 0.03486,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E0B

secondary

#2B3F64

accent

#7CE048

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E0B

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

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