#38420A#38420A

#38420A is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.077 H 119.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38420A
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 10)
HSL	hsl(71, 74%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(71, 85%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 84.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, -12.75, 30.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 32.96, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.8% -0.038 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(35.8% 0.077 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6340, 4.7591, 1.0143)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38420A #140A42

analogous

#42300A #38420A #1C420A

triadic

#38420A #0A3842 #420A38

tetradic

#38420A #0A4230 #140A42 #420A1C

square

#38420A #0A4230 #140A42 #420A1C

split-complementary

#38420A #0A1C42 #300A42

monochromatic

#171B04 #171B04 #38420A #657712 #92AC1A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#38420A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38420A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38420A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38420A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38420A	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38420a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.077 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71764e',
    500: '#38420a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38420a;
$custom-light: #71764e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38420a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35804,
    "c": 0.07708,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38420A

secondary

#38297F

accent

#37F058

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38420A

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

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