#38342E#38342E

#38342E is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.012 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38342E
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 10%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(36, 18%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 17.9%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 0.51, 4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 4.46, 83.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.71% 0.0024 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(32.71% 0.012 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3520, 3.4940, 3.0821)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38342E #2E3238

analogous

#382F2E #38342E #37382E

triadic

#38342E #2E3834 #342E38

tetradic

#38342E #2E382F #2E3238 #382E37

square

#38342E #2E382F #2E3238 #382E37

split-complementary

#38342E #2E3738 #2F2E38

monochromatic

#11100E #161512 #38342E #5A534A #7B7265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#38342E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#38342E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38342E

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38342E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38342E	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36342E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#37352E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38342e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.012 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6b66',
    500: '#38342e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38342e;
$custom-light: #6e6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38342e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32713,
    "c": 0.01178,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38342E

secondary

#5A6068

accent

#8EB375

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070606

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38342E

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

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