#38280B#38280B

#38280B is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.049 H 79.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38280B
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 11)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 80.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 3.83, 20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 21.06, 79.53°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.009 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.049 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.4502, 2.3827, 0.6474)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38280B #0B1B38

analogous

#38110B #38280B #31380B

triadic

#38280B #0B3828 #280B38

tetradic

#38280B #0B3811 #0B1B38 #380B31

square

#38280B #0B3811 #0B1B38 #380B31

split-complementary

#38280B #0B3138 #110B38

monochromatic

#1A1205 #1A1205 #38280B #6B4D15 #9E711F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#38280B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38280B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38280B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38280B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38280B	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)

#2E2808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E2322

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38280b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.049 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71614c',
    500: '#38280b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38280b;
$custom-light: #71614c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38280b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28917,
    "c": 0.04895,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38280B

secondary

#2A4575

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38280B

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

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