#38230C#38230C

#38230C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.048 H 65.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38230C
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 12)
HSL	hsl(31, 65%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(31, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.5%, 78.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.85, 7.31, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.85, 19.77, 68.30°)
OKLab	oklab(27.73% 0.0195 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(27.73% 0.048 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2984, 2.0696, 0.6262)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38230C #0C2138

analogous

#380D0C #38230C #37380C

triadic

#38230C #0C3823 #230C38

tetradic

#38230C #0C380D #0C2138 #380C37

square

#38230C #0C380D #0C2138 #380C37

split-complementary

#38230C #0C3738 #0D0C38

monochromatic

#191005 #191005 #38230C #6A4217 #9D6222

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.85

#38230C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#38230C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38230C

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38230C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38230C	1.00	14.85	1.41	14.85
#FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A250A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F290C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1E1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38230c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.048 65.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38230c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27725,
    "c": 0.04769,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38230C

secondary

#2C4E74

accent

#90E840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38230C

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

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