#38230B#38230B

#38230B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.049 H 66.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38230B
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 11)
HSL	hsl(32, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(32, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.84, 7.24, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.84, 20.14, 68.93°)
OKLab	oklab(27.71% 0.0191 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(27.71% 0.049 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.2925, 2.0672, 0.5948)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38230B #0B2038

analogous

#380C0B #38230B #36380B

triadic

#38230B #0B3823 #230B38

tetradic

#38230B #0B380C #0B2038 #380B36

square

#38230B #0B380C #0B2038 #380B36

split-complementary

#38230B #0B3638 #0C0B38

monochromatic

#1A1005 #1A1005 #38230B #6B4315 #9E631F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#38230B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38230B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38230B

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38230B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38230B	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F290B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1E1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38230b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.049 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715d4c',
    500: '#38230b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38230b;
$custom-light: #715d4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38230b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27711,
    "c": 0.0485,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38230B

secondary

#2A4D75

accent

#8EEA3E

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38230B

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

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