#3C281E#3C281E

#3C281E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.035 H 47.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C281E
RGB	rgb(60, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(20, 33%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(20, 50%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 50%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.24, 7.86, 10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.24, 12.97, 52.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.0236 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.035 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.8567, 2.5722, 1.5741)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C281E #1E323C

analogous

#3C1E23 #3C281E #3C371E

triadic

#3C281E #1E3C28 #281E3C

tetradic

#3C281E #233C1E #1E323C #371E3C

square

#3C281E #233C1E #1E323C #371E3C

split-complementary

#3C281E #1E3C37 #1E233C

monochromatic

#140E0A #140E0A #3C281E #654332 #8E5E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#3C281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#3C281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C281E

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C281E	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D2A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.035 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736259',
    500: '#3c281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c281e;
$custom-light: #736259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29814,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C281E

secondary

#466270

accent

#A6C95E

background

#F7F5F5

surface

#EDEAE9

border

#C8C6C5

text

#080503

muted

#7B7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C281E

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

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