#38240B#38240B

#38240B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.048 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38240B
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 11)
HSL	hsl(33, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(33, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 6.55, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 20.27, 71.13°)
OKLab	oklab(27.95% 0.0171 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(27.95% 0.048 69.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.3223, 2.1269, 0.6048)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38240B #0B1F38

analogous

#380D0B #38240B #35380B

triadic

#38240B #0B3824 #240B38

tetradic

#38240B #0B380D #0B1F38 #380B35

square

#38240B #0B380D #0B1F38 #380B35

split-complementary

#38240B #0B3538 #0D0B38

monochromatic

#1A1005 #1A1005 #38240B #6B4515 #9E661F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#38240B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38240B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38240B

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38240B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38240B	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B2508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38240b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.048 69.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715e4c',
    500: '#38240b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38240b;
$custom-light: #715e4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38240b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27948,
    "c": 0.04839,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38240B

secondary

#2A4B75

accent

#8AEA3E

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38240B

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

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