#38362E#38362E

#38362E is a dark, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.014 H 95.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38362E
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 17.9%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.57, -0.81, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.57, 5.41, 98.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.22% -0.0013 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(33.22% 0.014 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4432, 3.6764, 3.1125)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38362E #2E3038

analogous

#38312E #38362E #35382E

triadic

#38362E #2E3836 #362E38

tetradic

#38362E #2E3831 #2E3038 #382E35

square

#38362E #2E3831 #2E3038 #382E35

split-complementary

#38362E #2E3538 #312E38

monochromatic

#11100E #161612 #38362E #5A564A #7B7765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#38362E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#38362E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38362E

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38362E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38362E	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38362E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38362E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38362e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.014 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6c66',
    500: '#38362e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38362e;
$custom-light: #6e6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38362e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 9.804,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33223,
    "c": 0.01391,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38362E

secondary

#5A5D68

accent

#81B375

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070706

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38362E

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

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