#38491E#38491E

#38491E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.069 H 127.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38491E
RGB	rgb(56, 73, 30)
HSL	hsl(84, 42%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(84, 59%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 58.9%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, -14.98, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 27.70, 122.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% -0.042 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.069 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2478, 5.6995, 2.1044)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Hunter Green (survey)

#0B4008

ΔE00 8.21

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38491E #2F1E49

analogous

#49441E #38491E #22491E

triadic

#38491E #1E3849 #491E38

tetradic

#38491E #1E4944 #2F1E49 #491E22

square

#38491E #1E4944 #2F1E49 #491E22

split-complementary

#38491E #1E2249 #441E49

monochromatic

#111609 #171E0C #38491E #597430 #7BA042

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#38491E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#38491E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38491E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38491E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38491E	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D441A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A463F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38491e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 73, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.069 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#707b5b',
    500: '#38491e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38491e;
$custom-light: #707b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38491e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.721,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37967,
    "c": 0.0693,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38491E

secondary

#5B457E

accent

#56D287

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#ECEEE9

border

#C7C9C5

text

#070904

muted

#7A7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #38491E

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

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