#3E3828#3E3828

#3E3828 is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.028 H 89.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3828
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 40)
HSL	hsl(44, 22%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 35.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, -0.35, 10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 10.99, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0001 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.028 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7838, 4.0058, 2.5809)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3828 #282E3E

analogous

#3E2D28 #3E3828 #393E28

triadic

#3E3828 #283E38 #38283E

tetradic

#3E3828 #283E2D #282E3E #3E2839

square

#3E3828 #283E2D #282E3E #3E2839

split-complementary

#3E3828 #28393E #2D283E

monochromatic

#13110C #191610 #3E3828 #635A40 #887B58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#3E3828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3E3828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3828

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3828	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413534

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.028 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736e62',
    500: '#3e3828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3828;
$custom-light: #736e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 21.569,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34206,
    "c": 0.02762,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3828

secondary

#525A70

accent

#81BE6A

background

#F7F6F5

surface

#EDEBEA

border

#C8C6C6

text

#080705

muted

#7B7A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3828

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

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