#38280E#38280E

#38280E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.046 H 77.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38280E
RGB	rgb(56, 40, 14)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.41, 4.05, 19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.41, 19.77, 78.16°)
OKLab	oklab(28.96% 0.0102 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(28.96% 0.046 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4691, 2.3902, 0.7467)
Luminance	0.0239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38280E #0E1E38

analogous

#38130E #38280E #33380E

triadic

#38280E #0E3828 #280E38

tetradic

#38280E #0E3813 #0E1E38 #380E33

square

#38280E #0E3813 #0E1E38 #380E33

split-complementary

#38280E #0E3338 #130E38

monochromatic

#181106 #181106 #38280E #694B1A #9A6E26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.21

#38280E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#38280E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38280E

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38280E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38280E	1.00	14.21	1.48	14.21
#FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E280B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#322C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2422

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38280e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 40, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.046 77.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

$custom: #38280e;
$custom-light: #71614e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38280e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28955,
    "c": 0.04621,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38280E

secondary

#2F4973

accent

#81E345

background

#F6F5F4

surface

#ECE9E7

border

#C7C5C3

text

#080501

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #38280E

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

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