#38342C#38342C

#38342C is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.015 H 84.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38342C
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 12%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(40, 21%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 21.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.87, 0.12, 5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.87, 5.70, 88.81°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% 0.0014 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.015 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3135, 3.4786, 2.8793)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38342C #2C3038

analogous

#382E2C #38342C #36382C

triadic

#38342C #2C3834 #342C38

tetradic

#38342C #2C382E #2C3038 #382C36

square

#38342C #2C382E #2C3038 #382C36

split-complementary

#38342C #2C3638 #2E2C38

monochromatic

#11100D #161411 #38342C #5A5447 #7D7462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#38342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38342C

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38342C	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37352C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.015 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6b65',
    500: '#38342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38342c;
$custom-light: #6e6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3265,
    "c": 0.0148,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38342C

secondary

#585D68

accent

#89B573

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070605

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38342C

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

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