Exploring the Color #382D13

#382D13 sits at 42° on the color wheel, placing it in the orange family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 49% saturation and 15% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 56, 45, 19 produces a 13.52:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #382D13 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 74 units away from #000000. Designers reach for orange hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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