#281F0D#281F0D

#281F0D is a very dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.033 H 83.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281F0D
RGB	rgb(40, 31, 13)
HSL	hsl(40, 51%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 67.5%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.35, 1.45, 12.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.35, 12.99, 83.60°)
OKLab	oklab(24.5% 0.0038 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(24.5% 0.033 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.4378, 1.4602, 0.5868)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281F0D #0D1628

analogous

#28110D #281F0D #23280D

triadic

#281F0D #0D281F #1F0D28

tetradic

#281F0D #0D2811 #0D1628 #280D23

square

#281F0D #0D2811 #0D1628 #280D23

split-complementary

#281F0D #0D2328 #110D28

monochromatic

#171208 #171208 #281F0D #56431C #84672B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.25

#281F0D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#281F0D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281F0D

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281F0D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281F0D	1.00	16.25	1.29	16.25
#FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#231F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25210E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C1C1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281f0d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 31, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.033 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a4c',
    500: '#281f0d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281f0d;
$custom-light: #635a4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281f0d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 10.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24497,
    "c": 0.03306,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281F0D

secondary

#2F4062

accent

#7CDA4D

background

#F5F5F4

surface

#EAE9E7

border

#C6C5C3

text

#050301

muted

#797877

Preview Lab

Preview with #281F0D

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

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