#38331A#38331A

#38331A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.040 H 98.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38331A
RGB	rgb(56, 51, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 53.6%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, -2.07, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 16.73, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% -0.0058 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.04 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0012, 3.2831, 1.4527)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38331A #1A1F38

analogous

#38241A #38331A #2E381A

triadic

#38331A #1A3833 #331A38

tetradic

#38331A #1A3824 #1A1F38 #381A2E

square

#38331A #1A3824 #1A1F38 #381A2E

split-complementary

#38331A #1A2E38 #241A38

monochromatic

#15130A #15130A #38331A #62592D #8C7F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#38331A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38331A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38331A

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38331A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38331A	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C302D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38331a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 51, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.040 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6a57',
    500: '#38331a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38331a;
$custom-light: #6f6a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38331a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3195,
    "c": 0.04042,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38331A

secondary

#41486D

accent

#6ECD5B

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#ECEBE9

border

#C7C6C5

text

#070603

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38331A

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

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