#38402A#38402A

#38402A is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.038 H 124.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38402A
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 42)
HSL	hsl(82, 21%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(82, 34%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.5%, 0%, 34.4%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.79, -7.92, 12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.79, 14.72, 122.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% -0.0214 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.038 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8822, 4.6747, 2.8878)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38402A #322A40

analogous

#403D2A #38402A #2D402A

triadic

#38402A #2A3840 #402A38

tetradic

#38402A #2A403D #322A40 #402A2D

square

#38402A #2A403D #322A40 #402A2D

split-complementary

#38402A #2A2D40 #3D2A40

monochromatic

#10120C #181B12 #38402A #586542 #798A5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.85

#38402A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#38402A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38402A

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38402A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38402A	1.00	10.85	1.94	10.85
#FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#413D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38402a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.038 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f7463',
    500: '#38402a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38402a;
$custom-light: #6f7463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38402a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35742,
    "c": 0.03772,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38402A

secondary

#5F5571

accent

#6ABD89

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#ECEDEA

border

#C7C8C6

text

#070805

muted

#7A7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #38402A

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

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