#38420C#38420C

#38420C 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 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38420C
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 12)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(71, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 81.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, -12.63, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 32.18, 113.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% -0.0374 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.076 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6455, 4.7637, 1.0752)
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

#38420C #160C42

analogous

#42310C #38420C #1D420C

triadic

#38420C #0C3842 #420C38

tetradic

#38420C #0C4231 #160C42 #420C1D

square

#38420C #0C4231 #160C42 #420C1D

split-complementary

#38420C #0C1D42 #310C42

monochromatic

#161A05 #161A05 #38420C #647615 #90AA1F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#38420C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38420C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38420C

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38420C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38420C	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38420c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.076 119.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38420c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35819,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38420C

secondary

#3B2C7E

accent

#3CEC5C

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38420C

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

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