#38170B#38170B

#38170B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.057 H 40.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38170B
RGB	rgb(56, 23, 11)
HSL	hsl(16, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(16, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.9%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.47, 15.29, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.47, 21.00, 43.27°)
OKLab	oklab(25.12% 0.0433 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(25.12% 0.057 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9979, 1.4779, 0.4966)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38170B #0B2C38

analogous

#380B15 #38170B #382D0B

triadic

#38170B #0B3817 #170B38

tetradic

#38170B #15380B #0B2C38 #2D0B38

square

#38170B #15380B #0B2C38 #2D0B38

split-complementary

#38170B #0B382D #0B1538

monochromatic

#1A0B05 #1A0B05 #38170B #6B2C15 #9E411F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.21

#38170B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#38170B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38170B

16.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38170B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38170B	1.00	16.21	1.30	16.21
#FFFFFF	16.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#201C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28230A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1014

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38170b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 23, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.057 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72554b',
    500: '#38170b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38170b;
$custom-light: #72554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38170b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25115,
    "c": 0.05664,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38170B

secondary

#2A6175

accent

#BCEA3E

background

#F7F4F4

surface

#EDE7E7

border

#C8C3C3

text

#080301

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38170B

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

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