#387708

sRGB: 56 / 119 / 8

#387708 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 56 red, 119 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 94.1° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 87.4% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 24.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.51:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 56, 119, 8
HSL: 94.05°, 87.40%, 24.90%
HSV / HSB: 94.05°, 93.28%, 46.67%
CMYK (approx.): 52.94%, 0.00%, 93.28%, 53.33%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 8.271, 14.052, 2.506
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 44.307, -38.370, 47.090
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14052
24-bit decimal: 3700488

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #387708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 3.81:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.51:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#470877 sits half a turn (180°) from #387708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#387708 #470877

Analogous

#6F7708 and #08770F sit 30° to either side of #387708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#6F7708 #387708 #08770F

Triadic

#387708, #083877 and #770838 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#387708 #083877 #770838

Split complementary

Start at #387708 and look across the wheel. #0F0877 and #770870 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#387708 #0F0877 #770870

Square

Starting with #387708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #087077, #470877, then #771008. Across the square, #387708 pairs with #470877, and #087077 with #771008.

#387708 #087077 #470877 #771008

Tetradic

#387708 and #470877 are opposites, as are #087747 and #770838. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#387708 #087747 #470877 #770838

Tints

Mixing #387708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #609239, keeps 80% of the original. By #D7E4CE, the mixture is 80% white.

#387708 #609239 #88AD6B #AFC99C #D7E4CE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #387708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #2D5F06, keeps 80% of the original. By #0B1802, the mixture is 80% black.

#387708 #2D5F06 #224705 #163003 #0B1802 #000000

Tones

Mixing #387708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #467920, keeps 80% of the original. By #727E68, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#387708 #467920 #557B38 #637C50 #727E68 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#387708

RGB

rgb(56 119 8)

HSL

hsl(94.054 87.402% 24.902%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #387708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#387708 uses 56 red, 119 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 22.0%

Green 46.7%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #387708 is 52.9% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 93.3% yellow and 53.3% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 52.9%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 93.3%

Black 53.3%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #337700. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #370 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #387708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #337700 Nearest web-safe: #336600

Gradient to complement

#387708 #3B651B #3D522D #404040 #422D52 #451B65 #470877

Color vision previews

Compare how #387708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#7B6C00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#736719

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#357264

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#6A6F00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#666D14

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#3C753E

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#696969

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#55704C

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.03955 G 0.18447 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.28338 G 0.46095 B 0.13453

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.06528 G 0.17966 B 0.01624

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.333 y 0.566 Y 14.052

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 78.039 M % 53.333 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00111000 01110111 00001000