#38420D#38420D

#38420D is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.075 H 119.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38420D
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 13)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(71, 80%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 80.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.06, -12.57, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.06, 31.76, 113.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% -0.0371 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.075 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6518, 4.7663, 1.1083)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38420D #170D42

analogous

#42310D #38420D #1D420D

triadic

#38420D #0D3842 #420D38

tetradic

#38420D #0D4231 #170D42 #420D1D

square

#38420D #0D4231 #170D42 #420D1D

split-complementary

#38420D #0D1D42 #310D42

monochromatic

#161A05 #161A05 #38420D #637517 #8FA821

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#38420D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38420D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38420D

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#473E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38420d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.075 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#717650',
    500: '#38420d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38420d;
$custom-light: #717650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38420d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.321,
    "s": 67.089,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35827,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38420D

secondary

#3C2D7E

accent

#3EEA5E

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38420D

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

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