#281E12#281E12

#281E12 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.026 H 71.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E12
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 18)
HSL	hsl(33, 38%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(33, 55%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 55%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.11, 2.79, 9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.11, 10.25, 74.19°)
OKLab	oklab(24.34% 0.0084 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(24.34% 0.026 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4486, 1.4234, 0.7706)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E12 #121C28

analogous

#281312 #281E12 #272812

triadic

#281E12 #12281E #1E1228

tetradic

#281E12 #122813 #121C28 #281227

square

#281E12 #122813 #121C28 #281227

split-complementary

#281E12 #122728 #131228

monochromatic

#151009 #151009 #281E12 #523E25 #7C5D38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.35

#281E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#281E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E12

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E12	1.00	16.35	1.28	16.35
#FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#221E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1C1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.026 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625950',
    500: '#281e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e12;
$custom-light: #625950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2434,
    "c": 0.0262,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E12

secondary

#37495F

accent

#8FCE5A

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E12

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

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