#302621Wood Bark (#302621) is a near-black neutral with an OKLCH hue of 48°, lightness 0.28 and chroma 0.018. In practice it behaves as a grounding tone — suited to text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces.
| HEX | #302621 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(48, 38, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 19%, 16%) |
| HSV | hsv(20, 31%, 19%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 21%, 31%, 81%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(16.1 3.7 5.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.278 0.018 48) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Wood Bark is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: takes on a red cast. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#32251e — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#322620 — ΔE 0.4, is virtually unchanged#302621 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#302622 — ΔE 0.2, shifts subtly: takes on a red castTest Wood Bark in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 14.74:1 and against black 1.42:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#a9a19d · #847b77 · #615853 · #403631 · #302621 · #060201
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#584420 · #4f2f0c · #302621 · #370c06 · #280308 · #180007
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#bdb89a · #b78d78 · #847b45 · #7b523d · #46432b · #302621
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#81bfdb · #917e75 · #755d50 · #4f413a · #302621 · #1d0801
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ebf3f7 · #baafaa · #71777a · #483d37 · #302621 · #0e1518
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f6f1ee · #cec8c6 · #a39c99 · #302621 · #0b0503 · #f0803f
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e3f5fe · #8abad0 · #427f99 · #10465a · #302621 · #210e04
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e3f5fe · #84bec0 · #5a77a2 · #00494b · #302621 · #081324
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e4f7ef · #8dbfab · #746fa0 · #3e395f · #302621 · #001910
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#ebf6e7 · #a0bc97 · #427f99 · #4d3455 · #302621 · #001620
#4D443F · #6D645F · #8D8582 · #B0A9A6 · #D3CECB
#29201C · #231B17 · #1C1512 · #16100D · #100B08
As a deep tone it works for grounding elements — text, outlines, and shadowed surfaces — rather than open fields. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.