#3E3409#3E3409

#3E3409 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.060 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3409
RGB	rgb(62, 52, 9)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(49, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.94, -1.03, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.94, 26.96, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% -0.0057 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.06 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2641, 3.5000, 0.7620)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3409 #09133E

analogous

#3E1A09 #3E3409 #2E3E09

triadic

#3E3409 #093E34 #34093E

tetradic

#3E3409 #093E1A #09133E #3E092E

square

#3E3409 #093E1A #09133E #3E092E

split-complementary

#3E3409 #092E3E #1A093E

monochromatic

#1B1604 #1B1604 #3E3409 #736111 #A98E19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#3E3409 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3E3409 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3409

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3409	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3409	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D360C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#442F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3409;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 52, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.060 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b4c',
    500: '#3e3409',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3409;
$custom-light: #766b4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3409",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.679,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32678,
    "c": 0.06002,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3409

secondary

#27377C

accent

#5AF137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#090601

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3409

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

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