#38381C#38381C

#38381C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.044 H 108.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38381C
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 28)
HSL	hsl(60, 33%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(60, 50%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 50%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, -5.04, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 18.17, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% -0.0141 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.044 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.2547, 3.7530, 1.6513)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38381C #1C1C38

analogous

#382A1C #38381C #2A381C

triadic

#38381C #1C3838 #381C38

tetradic

#38381C #1C382A #1C1C38 #381C2A

square

#38381C #1C382A #1C1C38 #381C2A

split-complementary

#38381C #1C2A38 #2A1C38

monochromatic

#14140A #14140A #38381C #616130 #8A8A45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.00

#38381C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38381C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38381C

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38381C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38381C	1.00	12.00	1.75	12.00
#FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C361A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3531

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38381c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.044 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6e58',
    500: '#38381c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38381c;
$custom-light: #6f6e58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38381c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33305,
    "c": 0.04439,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38381C

secondary

#43436C

accent

#5EC95E

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#ECEBE9

border

#C7C6C5

text

#070703

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38381C

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

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