#38400B#38400B

#38400B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.074 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38400B
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 11)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 82.8%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, -11.52, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 31.52, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% -0.0345 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.074 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.5248, 4.5317, 1.0056)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38400B #130B40

analogous

#402E0B #38400B #1D400B

triadic

#38400B #0B3840 #400B38

tetradic

#38400B #0B402E #130B40 #400B1D

square

#38400B #0B402E #130B40 #400B1D

split-complementary

#38400B #0B1D40 #2E0B40

monochromatic

#171A04 #171A04 #38400B #667414 #93A81D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#38400B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#38400B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38400B

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38400B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38400B	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443C0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38400b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.074 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71744e',
    500: '#38400b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38400b;
$custom-light: #71744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38400b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35258,
    "c": 0.07363,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38400B

secondary

#372A7D

accent

#3AED55

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38400B

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

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