#281E0E#281E0E

#281E0E is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.031 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E0E
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 14)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.03, 2.27, 11.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.03, 12.19, 79.26°)
OKLab	oklab(24.25% 0.0064 0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(24.25% 0.031 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4187, 1.4115, 0.6131)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E0E #0E1828

analogous

#28110E #281E0E #25280E

triadic

#281E0E #0E281E #1E0E28

tetradic

#281E0E #0E2811 #0E1828 #280E25

square

#281E0E #0E2811 #0E1828 #280E25

split-complementary

#281E0E #0E2528 #110E28

monochromatic

#171108 #171108 #281E0E #55401E #83622E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.38

#281E0E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E0E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E0E

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E0E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E0E	1.00	16.38	1.28	16.38
#FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24210E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1B1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e0e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.031 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63594d',
    500: '#281e0e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e0e;
$custom-light: #63594d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e0e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24252,
    "c": 0.03124,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E0E

secondary

#304361

accent

#84D850

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E0E

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

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