#38352E#38352E

#38352E is a dark, near-neutral orange. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.013 H 87.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38352E
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 10%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(42, 18%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 17.9%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, -0.16, 4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 4.89, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(32.97% 0.0005 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(32.97% 0.013 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3971, 3.5843, 3.0971)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38352E #2E3138

analogous

#38302E #38352E #36382E

triadic

#38352E #2E3835 #352E38

tetradic

#38352E #2E3830 #2E3138 #382E36

square

#38352E #2E3830 #2E3138 #382E36

split-complementary

#38352E #2E3638 #302E38

monochromatic

#11100E #161512 #38352E #5A554A #7B7565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#38352E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#38352E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38352E

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38352E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38352E	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#37352E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3433

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38352e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.013 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6c66',
    500: '#38352e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38352e;
$custom-light: #6e6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38352e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32967,
    "c": 0.0127,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38352E

secondary

#5A5E68

accent

#88B375

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070606

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38352E

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

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