#38531E#38531E

#38531E is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.086 H 131.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38531E
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 30)
HSL	hsl(91, 47%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(91, 64%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 67.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.08, -20.42, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.08, 34.08, 126.81°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% -0.057 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.086 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9584, 7.1208, 2.3413)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38531E #391E53

analogous

#53531E #38531E #1E531E

triadic

#38531E #1E3853 #531E38

tetradic

#38531E #1E5353 #391E53 #531E1E

square

#38531E #1E5353 #391E53 #531E1E

split-complementary

#38531E #1E1E53 #531E53

monochromatic

#0F1608 #1A260E #38531E #56802E #75AD3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#38531E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#38531E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38531E

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38531E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38531E	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#395048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38531e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.086 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71835c',
    500: '#38531e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38531e;
$custom-light: #71835c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38531e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.566,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40752,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38531E

secondary

#674588

accent

#51D795

background

#F6F8F5

surface

#ECEFE9

border

#C7CAC5

text

#080A04

muted

#7B7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #38531E

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

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