#38420E#38420E

#38420E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.074 H 119.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38420E
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.2%, 0%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, -12.50, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 31.34, 113.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% -0.0368 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.074 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6584, 4.7689, 1.1431)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38420E #180E42

analogous

#42320E #38420E #1E420E

triadic

#38420E #0E3842 #420E38

tetradic

#38420E #0E4232 #180E42 #420E1E

square

#38420E #0E4232 #180E42 #420E1E

split-complementary

#38420E #0E1E42 #320E42

monochromatic

#151905 #151905 #38420E #637419 #8EA723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#38420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#38420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38420E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#473E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.074 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707650',
    500: '#38420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38420e;
$custom-light: #707650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35836,
    "c": 0.07417,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38420E

secondary

#3E2F7D

accent

#40E860

background

#F6F7F4

surface

#ECEDE7

border

#C7C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38420E

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

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