#38240E#38240E

#38240E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.046 H 66.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38240E
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 14)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(31, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.18, 6.78, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.18, 19.07, 69.16°)
OKLab	oklab(27.99% 0.0183 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(27.99% 0.046 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3412, 2.1344, 0.7041)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38240E #0E2238

analogous

#380F0E #38240E #37380E

triadic

#38240E #0E3824 #240E38

tetradic

#38240E #0E380F #0E2238 #380E37

square

#38240E #0E380F #0E2238 #380E37

split-complementary

#38240E #0E3738 #0F0E38

monochromatic

#181006 #181006 #38240E #69431A #9A6326

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.72

#38240E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#38240E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38240E

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38240E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38240E	1.00	14.72	1.43	14.72
#FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B250C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2A0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38240e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.046 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#715e4d',
    500: '#38240e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38240e;
$custom-light: #715e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38240e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27989,
    "c": 0.04586,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38240E

secondary

#2F4F73

accent

#90E345

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38240E

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

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