#38372f

Color #38372f

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.37 Nearest Tailwind class olive-800 #2b2b22 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#38372f

RGB

rgb(56, 55, 47)

HSL

hsl(53.3, 8.7%, 20.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(53.3, 16.1%, 22%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 16.1%, 78%)

LAB

lab(22.92, -1.27, 5.18)

LCH

lch(22.92, 5.33, 103.78)

OKLCH

oklch(33.5%, 0.0137, 101.39)

HWB

hwb(53.3, 18.4%, 78%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2f3038

Analogous

#38332f

#38372f

#35382f

Triadic

#38372f

#2f3837

#372f38

Split-complementary

#38372f

#2f3538

#332f38

Tetradic

#38372f

#30382f

#2f3038

#372f38

Square

#38372f

#2f3833

#2f3038

#382f35

Shades

Color #38372f mixed toward black.

#2f2e27

#25251f

#1c1b18

#131210

#090908

Tints

Color #38372f mixed toward white.

#5d5b4e

#827f6d

#a2a090

#c1c0b5

#e0dfda

Tones

Color #38372f mixed toward gray.

#373630

#363631

#363531

#353532

#343433

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

11.96:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.76:1

White text reads better on this background (11.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#383831 · ΔE 0.8

Deuteranopia

#383832 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#383333 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#373737 · ΔE 4.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #38372f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#38372f]

Related colors

Khaki #f0e68c

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Dark Khaki #bdb76b

Gold #ffd700

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Frequently asked questions

#38372f (#38372f) is rgb(56, 55, 47) in RGB.

No, #38372f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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