#3B280C#3B280C

#3B280C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.050 H 73.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B280C
RGB	rgb(59, 40, 12)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.2%, 79.7%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.80, 5.52, 20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.80, 21.58, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(29.34% 0.0139 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(29.34% 0.05 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.6290, 2.4741, 0.6869)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B280C #0C1F3B

analogous

#3B110C #3B280C #373B0C

triadic

#3B280C #0C3B28 #280C3B

tetradic

#3B280C #0C3B11 #0C1F3B #3B0C37

square

#3B280C #0C3B11 #0C1F3B #3B0C37

split-complementary

#3B280C #0C373B #110C3B

monochromatic

#191105 #191105 #3B280C #6E4A16 #A16D21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#3B280C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#3B280C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B280C

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B280C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B280C	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#332D0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b280c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 40, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.050 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73614c',
    500: '#3b280c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b280c;
$custom-light: #73614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b280c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29342,
    "c": 0.05016,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B280C

secondary

#2C4A77

accent

#84E93F

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B280C

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