#38390C#38390C

#38390C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.063 H 110.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38390C
RGB	rgb(56, 57, 12)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 78.9%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, -7.22, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 27.51, 105.21°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% -0.0224 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.063 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1605, 3.7936, 0.9135)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38390C #0D0C39

analogous

#39230C #38390C #21390C

triadic

#38390C #0C3839 #390C38

tetradic

#38390C #0C3923 #0D0C39 #390C21

square

#38390C #0C3923 #0D0C39 #390C21

split-complementary

#38390C #0C2139 #230C39

monochromatic

#191905 #191905 #38390C #6A6C17 #9B9E21

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#38390C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#38390C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38390C

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38390C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38390C	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)

#3E3606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38390c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 57, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.063 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#706f4e',
    500: '#38390c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38390c;
$custom-light: #706f4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38390c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33353,
    "c": 0.06349,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38390C

secondary

#2D2C75

accent

#40E843

background

#F6F6F4

surface

#ECECE7

border

#C7C7C3

text

#080702

muted

#7B7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38390C

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

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