#38382C#38382C

#38382C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.020 H 107.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38382C
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 12%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 21%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 21.4%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.17, -2.51, 7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.17, 7.94, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% -0.0061 0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.02 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.4997, 3.8510, 2.9413)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38382C #2C2C38

analogous

#38322C #38382C #32382C

triadic

#38382C #2C3838 #382C38

tetradic

#38382C #2C3832 #2C2C38 #382C32

square

#38382C #2C3832 #2C2C38 #382C32

split-complementary

#38382C #2C3238 #322C38

monochromatic

#11110D #161611 #38382C #5A5A47 #7D7D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#38382C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#38382C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38382C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38382C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38382C	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A372C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38382c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.020 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e6e65',
    500: '#38382c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38382c;
$custom-light: #6e6e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38382c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3368,
    "c": 0.02021,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38382C

secondary

#585868

accent

#73B573

background

#F6F6F6

surface

#ECEBEB

border

#C7C6C6

text

#070705

muted

#7A7A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38382C

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

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