#38381E#38381E

#38381E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.042 H 108.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38381E
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 30%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(60, 46%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 46.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, -4.77, 16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 16.93, 106.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% -0.0132 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.042 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.2795, 3.7629, 1.7816)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38381E #1E1E38

analogous

#382B1E #38381E #2B381E

triadic

#38381E #1E3838 #381E38

tetradic

#38381E #1E382B #1E1E38 #381E2B

square

#38381E #1E382B #1E1E38 #381E2B

split-complementary

#38381E #1E2B38 #2B1E38

monochromatic

#14140B #14140B #38381E #606033 #888849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#38381E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#38381E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38381E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38381E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38381E	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C361C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C371F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38381e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.042 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6e5a',
    500: '#38381e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38381e;
$custom-light: #6f6e5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38381e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33343,
    "c": 0.04163,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38381E

secondary

#46466C

accent

#61C661

background

#F6F6F5

surface

#ECEBE9

border

#C7C6C5

text

#070703

muted

#7A7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38381E

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

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