#281E18#281E18

#281E18 is a very dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.019 H 52.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E18
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 24)
HSL	hsl(23, 25%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(23, 40%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 40%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.26, 3.73, 5.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.26, 7.04, 57.99°)
OKLab	oklab(24.5% 0.0117 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(24.5% 0.019 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.5042, 1.4457, 1.0638)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E18 #182228

analogous

#28181A #281E18 #282618

triadic

#281E18 #18281E #1E1828

tetradic

#281E18 #1A2818 #182228 #261828

square

#281E18 #1A2818 #182228 #261828

split-complementary

#281E18 #182826 #181A28

monochromatic

#130E0B #130E0B #281E18 #4E3B2F #745746

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.29

#281E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E18

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E18	1.00	16.29	1.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#232118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1C1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.019 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625954',
    500: '#281e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e18;
$custom-light: #625954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24501,
    "c": 0.01919,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E18

secondary

#40515C

accent

#9FC166

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050302

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E18

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

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