#281F09#281F09

#281F09 is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.038 H 87.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F09
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 9)
HSL	hsl(43, 63%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 77.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.29, 1.03, 14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.29, 14.60, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(24.43% 0.0019 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(24.43% 0.038 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4144, 1.4509, 0.4639)
Luminance	0.0145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F09 #091228

analogous

#281009 #281F09 #222809

triadic

#281F09 #09281F #1F0928

tetradic

#281F09 #092810 #091228 #280922

square

#281F09 #092810 #091228 #280922

split-complementary

#281F09 #092228 #100928

monochromatic

#191306 #191306 #281F09 #5A4614 #8C6C1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.28

#281F09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281F09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F09

16.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F09	1.00	16.28	1.29	16.28
#FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#26210A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1C1A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.038 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a4b',
    500: '#281f09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f09;
$custom-light: #635a4b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 9.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2443,
    "c": 0.03782,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F09

secondary

#273966

accent

#71E641

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F09

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

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