#38271E#38271E

#38271E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.030 H 49.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38271E
RGB	rgb(56, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(21, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(21, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 46.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.39, 6.54, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.39, 11.19, 54.25°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0198 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.03 49)
XYZ	xyz(2.5908, 2.3857, 1.5521)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38271E #1E2F38

analogous

#381E22 #38271E #38341E

triadic

#38271E #1E3827 #271E38

tetradic

#38271E #22381E #1E2F38 #341E38

square

#38271E #22381E #1E2F38 #341E38

split-complementary

#38271E #1E3834 #1E2238

monochromatic

#140E0B #140E0B #38271E #604333 #885F49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#38271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38271E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38271E	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C291D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.030 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6159',
    500: '#38271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38271e;
$custom-light: #6f6159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29033,
    "c": 0.03025,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.02386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38271E

secondary

#465F6C

accent

#A3C661

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#ECE9E9

border

#C7C5C5

text

#070503

muted

#7A7978

Preview Lab

Preview with #38271E

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

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