#281E16#281E16

#281E16 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.021 H 60.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E16
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(27, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(27, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 45%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.21, 3.40, 7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.21, 8.09, 65.18°)
OKLab	oklab(24.44% 0.0106 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(24.44% 0.021 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.4842, 1.4377, 0.9582)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E16 #162028

analogous

#281617 #281E16 #282716

triadic

#281E16 #16281E #1E1628

tetradic

#281E16 #172816 #162028 #271628

square

#281E16 #172816 #162028 #271628

split-complementary

#281E16 #162827 #161728

monochromatic

#140F0B #140F0B #281E16 #4F3C2C #775941

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#281E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E16

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E16	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1C1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.021 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625953',
    500: '#281e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e16;
$custom-light: #625953;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24443,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E16

secondary

#3D4F5D

accent

#99C562

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E16

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

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