#38501B#38501B

#38501B is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.084 H 130.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38501B
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(87, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(87, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, -19.16, 27.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 33.63, 124.72°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% -0.0538 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.084 130)
XYZ	xyz(4.6973, 6.6571, 2.0742)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38501B #331B50

analogous

#504D1B #38501B #1D501B

triadic

#38501B #1B3850 #501B38

tetradic

#38501B #1B504D #331B50 #501B1D

square

#38501B #1B504D #331B50 #501B1D

split-complementary

#38501B #1B1D50 #4D1B50

monochromatic

#101708 #18220C #38501B #587E2A #78AC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#38501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#38501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38501B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38501B	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50481F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.084 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70815a',
    500: '#38501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38501b;
$custom-light: #70815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.17,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39875,
    "c": 0.08374,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.06657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38501B

secondary

#604186

accent

#4FD98D

background

#F6F7F5

surface

#ECEEE9

border

#C7C9C5

text

#080A04

muted

#7B7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #38501B

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

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