#3C280C#3C280C

#3C280C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.051 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C280C
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 12)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 80%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.94, 6.05, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.94, 21.92, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(29.48% 0.0154 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(29.48% 0.051 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6888, 2.5050, 0.6897)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C280C #0C203C

analogous

#3C100C #3C280C #383C0C

triadic

#3C280C #0C3C28 #280C3C

tetradic

#3C280C #0C3C10 #0C203C #3C0C38

square

#3C280C #0C3C10 #0C203C #3C0C38

split-complementary

#3C280C #0C383C #100C3C

monochromatic

#1A1105 #1A1105 #3C280C #6F4A16 #A26C20

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#3C280C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#3C280C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C280C

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C280C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C280C	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F2909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#342E0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c280c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.051 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74614c',
    500: '#3c280c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c280c;
$custom-light: #74614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c280c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29482,
    "c": 0.05094,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C280C

secondary

#2C4C78

accent

#86EA3E

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C280C

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

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