#3C280A#3C280A

#3C280A is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.052 H 73.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C280A
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 10)
HSL	hsl(36, 71%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(36, 83%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 83.3%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.92, 5.92, 21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.92, 22.69, 74.87°)
OKLab	oklab(29.46% 0.0147 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(29.46% 0.053 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6772, 2.5004, 0.6287)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C280A #0A1E3C

analogous

#3C0F0A #3C280A #373C0A

triadic

#3C280A #0A3C28 #280A3C

tetradic

#3C280A #0A3C0F #0A1E3C #3C0A37

square

#3C280A #0A3C0F #0A1E3C #3C0A37

split-complementary

#3C280A #0A373C #0F0A3C

monochromatic

#1A1104 #1A1104 #3C280A #704B13 #A56E1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#3C280A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#3C280A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C280A

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C280A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C280A	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2907

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c280a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.052 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74614b',
    500: '#3c280a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c280a;
$custom-light: #74614b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c280a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29459,
    "c": 0.0525,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C280A

secondary

#284979

accent

#82EE3A

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C280A

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

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