#38180B#38180B

#38180B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.056 H 42.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38180B
RGB	rgb(56, 24, 11)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(17, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.72, 14.64, 14.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.72, 20.77, 45.19°)
OKLab	oklab(25.31% 0.0413 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(25.31% 0.056 42)
XYZ	xyz(2.0181, 1.5184, 0.5034)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38180B #0B2B38

analogous

#380B14 #38180B #382E0B

triadic

#38180B #0B3818 #180B38

tetradic

#38180B #14380B #0B2B38 #2E0B38

square

#38180B #14380B #0B2B38 #2E0B38

split-complementary

#38180B #0B382E #0B1438

monochromatic

#1A0B05 #1A0B05 #38180B #6B2E15 #9E441F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.11

#38180B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#38180B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38180B

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38180B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38180B	1.00	16.11	1.30	16.11
#FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#211D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#28240A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1215

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38180b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 24, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.056 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72554b',
    500: '#38180b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38180b;
$custom-light: #72554b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38180b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25312,
    "c": 0.05557,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.01518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38180B

secondary

#2A5F75

accent

#B8EA3E

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE8E7

border

#C8C4C3

text

#080301

muted

#7B7877

Preview Lab

Preview with #38180B

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

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