#38261C#38261C

#38261C is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.033 H 50.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38261C
RGB	rgb(56, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(21, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 50%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 6.94, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 12.17, 55.20°)
OKLab	oklab(28.74% 0.0209 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(28.74% 0.033 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5337, 2.3110, 1.4110)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38261C #1C2E38

analogous

#381C20 #38261C #38341C

triadic

#38261C #1C3826 #261C38

tetradic

#38261C #20381C #1C2E38 #341C38

square

#38261C #20381C #1C2E38 #341C38

split-complementary

#38261C #1C3834 #1C2038

monochromatic

#140E0A #140E0A #38261C #614230 #8A5D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#38261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38261C

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38261C	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2B1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2323

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.033 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#706058',
    500: '#38261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38261c;
$custom-light: #706058;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28744,
    "c": 0.0325,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38261C

secondary

#435E6C

accent

#A3C95E

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#070403

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38261C

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

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