#38261E#38261E

#38261E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.031 H 44.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38261E
RGB	rgb(56, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(18, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(18, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.1%, 46.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 7.22, 8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 11.28, 50.19°)
OKLab	oklab(28.8% 0.0219 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(28.8% 0.031 44.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5584, 2.3209, 1.5413)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38261E #1E3038

analogous

#381E23 #38261E #38331E

triadic

#38261E #1E3826 #261E38

tetradic

#38261E #23381E #1E3038 #331E38

square

#38261E #23381E #1E3038 #331E38

split-complementary

#38261E #1E3833 #1E2338

monochromatic

#140E0B #140E0B #38261E #604133 #885C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#38261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#38261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38261E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38261E	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B281D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F2C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2324

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.031 44.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6059',
    500: '#38261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38261e;
$custom-light: #6f6059;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28796,
    "c": 0.03091,
    "h": 44.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38261E

secondary

#46606C

accent

#A7C661

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#070403

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38261E

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

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