#38390B#38390B

#38390B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.064 H 110.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38390B
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 11)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 80.7%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, -7.29, 26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 27.95, 105.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% -0.0227 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.064 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1545, 3.7913, 0.8822)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38390B #0C0B39

analogous

#39230B #38390B #21390B

triadic

#38390B #0B3839 #390B38

tetradic

#38390B #0B3923 #0C0B39 #390B21

square

#38390B #0B3923 #0C0B39 #390B21

split-complementary

#38390B #0B2139 #230B39

monochromatic

#191A05 #191A05 #38390B #6A6C15 #9DA01F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#38390B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38390B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38390B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38390B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38390B	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F370E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38390b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.064 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#706f4d',
    500: '#38390b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38390b;
$custom-light: #706f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38390b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33343,
    "c": 0.0643,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38390B

secondary

#2C2A76

accent

#3DEB41

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#ECECE7

border

#C7C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #38390B

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

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