#38240C#38240C

#38240C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.048 H 68.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38240C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 12)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 78.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.15, 6.63, 18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.15, 19.89, 70.53°)
OKLab	oklab(27.96% 0.0174 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(27.96% 0.048 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3283, 2.1292, 0.6361)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38240C #0C2038

analogous

#380E0C #38240C #36380C

triadic

#38240C #0C3824 #240C38

tetradic

#38240C #0C380E #0C2038 #380C36

square

#38240C #0C380E #0C2038 #380C36

split-complementary

#38240C #0C3638 #0E0C38

monochromatic

#191005 #191005 #38240C #6A4417 #9D6522

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#38240C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38240C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38240C

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38240C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38240C	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)

#2B2509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38240c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.048 68.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38240c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27961,
    "c": 0.04757,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38240C

secondary

#2C4D74

accent

#8CE840

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38240C

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

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