#38520D#38520D

#38520D is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.098 H 128.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38520D
RGB	rgb(56, 82, 13)
HSL	hsl(83, 73%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(83, 84%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 84.1%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, -21.33, 34.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 40.55, 121.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% -0.0611 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.098 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7208, 6.9043, 1.4646)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38520D #270D52

analogous

#52490D #38520D #15520D

triadic

#38520D #0D3852 #520D38

tetradic

#38520D #0D5249 #270D52 #520D15

square

#38520D #0D5249 #270D52 #520D15

split-complementary

#38520D #0D1552 #490D52

monochromatic

#121A04 #141D05 #38520D #5C8715 #80BC1E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#38520D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#38520D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38520D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38520D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38520D	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534A14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38520d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 82, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.098 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#728252',
    500: '#38520d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38520d;
$custom-light: #728252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38520d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.609,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40305,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38520D

secondary

#522E8D

accent

#38EF7D

background

#F7F8F4

surface

#EDEFE7

border

#C8CAC3

text

#080A02

muted

#7B7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #38520D

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

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