#38420B#38420B

#38420B is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.076 H 119.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38420B
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(71, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, -12.69, 30.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 32.58, 112.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% -0.0377 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.076 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6396, 4.7614, 1.0438)
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

#38420B #150B42

analogous

#42300B #38420B #1C420B

triadic

#38420B #0B3842 #420B38

tetradic

#38420B #0B4230 #150B42 #420B1C

square

#38420B #0B4230 #150B42 #420B1C

split-complementary

#38420B #0B1C42 #300B42

monochromatic

#161A04 #161A04 #38420B #657614 #91AB1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#38420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38420B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38420B	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)

#473E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.076 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71764f',
    500: '#38420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38420b;
$custom-light: #71764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35811,
    "c": 0.0764,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38420B

secondary

#3A2A7F

accent

#3AEE5A

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38420B

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

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