#38380E#38380E

#38380E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.060 H 109.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38380E
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 14)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, -6.46, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 26.07, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(33.1% -0.02 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(33.1% 0.06 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.1244, 3.7009, 0.9651)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38380E #0E0E38

analogous

#38230E #38380E #23380E

triadic

#38380E #0E3838 #380E38

tetradic

#38380E #0E3823 #0E0E38 #380E23

square

#38380E #0E3823 #0E0E38 #380E23

split-complementary

#38380E #0E2338 #230E38

monochromatic

#181806 #181806 #38380E #69691A #9A9A26

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.07

#38380E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#38380E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38380E

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38380E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38380E	1.00	12.07	1.74	12.07
#FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3508

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3711

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C342F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38380e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.060 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#706e4f',
    500: '#38380e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38380e;
$custom-light: #706e4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38380e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33103,
    "c": 0.06045,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38380E

secondary

#2F2F73

accent

#45E345

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#ECEBE7

border

#C7C6C3

text

#080702

muted

#7B7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38380E

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

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