#38331E#38331E

#38331E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.035 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38331E
RGB	rgb(56, 51, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 46.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.22, -1.54, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.22, 14.21, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% -0.0039 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.035 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.0491, 3.3022, 1.7048)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38331E #1E2338

analogous

#38261E #38331E #30381E

triadic

#38331E #1E3833 #331E38

tetradic

#38331E #1E3826 #1E2338 #381E30

square

#38331E #1E3826 #1E2338 #381E30

split-complementary

#38331E #1E3038 #261E38

monochromatic

#14120B #14120B #38331E #605733 #887C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#38331E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#38331E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38331E

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38331E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38331E	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37321C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38341F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C302E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38331e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 51, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.035 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6a5a',
    500: '#38331e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38331e;
$custom-light: #6f6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38331e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3203,
    "c": 0.03488,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38331E

secondary

#464D6C

accent

#75C661

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#ECEBE9

border

#C7C6C5

text

#070603

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38331E

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

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