#38241C#38241C

#38241C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.034 H 42.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38241C
RGB	rgb(56, 36, 28)
HSL	hsl(17, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(17, 50%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 50%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 8.32, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 12.39, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(28.28% 0.025 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(28.28% 0.034 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.4715, 2.1865, 1.3903)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38241C #1C3038

analogous

#381C22 #38241C #38321C

triadic

#38241C #1C3824 #241C38

tetradic

#38241C #22381C #1C3038 #321C38

square

#38241C #22381C #1C3038 #321C38

split-complementary

#38241C #1C3832 #1C2238

monochromatic

#140D0A #140D0A #38241C #613E30 #8A5845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#38241C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#38241C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38241C

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38241C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38241C	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29261B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E2A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2122

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38241c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 36, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.034 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705e58',
    500: '#38241c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38241c;
$custom-light: #705e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38241c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28275,
    "c": 0.03395,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38241C

secondary

#43616C

accent

#ABC95E

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#070403

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38241C

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

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