#3C280B#3C280B

#3C280B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.052 H 73.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C280B
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 11)
HSL	hsl(36, 69%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(36, 82%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 81.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.93, 5.99, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.93, 22.32, 74.44°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.015 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.052 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.6829, 2.5026, 0.6583)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C280B #0B1F3C

analogous

#3C100B #3C280B #383C0B

triadic

#3C280B #0B3C28 #280B3C

tetradic

#3C280B #0B3C10 #0B1F3C #3C0B38

square

#3C280B #0B3C10 #0B1F3C #3C0B38

split-complementary

#3C280B #0B383C #100B3C

monochromatic

#1A1105 #1A1105 #3C280B #704A14 #A36D1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#3C280B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#3C280B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C280B

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C280B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C280B	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)

#2F2908

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c280b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.052 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74614c',
    500: '#3c280b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c280b;
$custom-light: #74614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c280b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2947,
    "c": 0.05173,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C280B

secondary

#2A4A79

accent

#84EC3C

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C280B

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

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