#281E1A#281E1A

#281E1A is a very dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.017 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281E1A
RGB	rgb(40, 30, 26)
HSL	hsl(17, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(17, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 35%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.31, 4.09, 4.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.31, 6.15, 48.33°)
OKLab	oklab(24.56% 0.0127 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(24.56% 0.017 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.5258, 1.4543, 1.1774)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281E1A #1A2428

analogous

#281A1D #281E1A #28251A

triadic

#281E1A #1A281E #1E1A28

tetradic

#281E1A #1D281A #1A2428 #251A28

square

#281E1A #1D281A #1A2428 #251A28

split-complementary

#281E1A #1A2825 #1A1D28

monochromatic

#130E0C #130E0C #281E1A #4D3A32 #72564A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.27

#281E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281E1A

16.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281E1A	1.00	16.27	1.29	16.27
#FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#23211A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B1C1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 30, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.017 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625956',
    500: '#281e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281e1a;
$custom-light: #625956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24563,
    "c": 0.01741,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281E1A

secondary

#43545B

accent

#A6BE6A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281E1A

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

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