#38331B#38331B

#38331B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.039 H 97.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38331B
RGB	rgb(56, 51, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 51.8%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, -1.94, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 16.11, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.97% -0.0053 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(31.97% 0.039 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.0126, 3.2876, 1.5126)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38331B #1B2038

analogous

#38251B #38331B #2F381B

triadic

#38331B #1B3833 #331B38

tetradic

#38331B #1B3825 #1B2038 #381B2F

square

#38331B #1B3825 #1B2038 #381B2F

split-complementary

#38331B #1B2F38 #251B38

monochromatic

#15130A #15130A #38331B #61592F #8B7E43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#38331B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38331B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38331B

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38331B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38331B	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#39341C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C302D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38331b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 51, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.039 97.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38331b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31969,
    "c": 0.03907,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38331B

secondary

#42496D

accent

#70CB5D

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#ECEBE9

border

#C7C6C5

text

#070603

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38331B

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

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