#3E3509#3E3509

#3E3509 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.061 H 97.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3509
RGB	rgb(62, 53, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(50, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.27, -1.68, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.27, 27.33, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(32.93% -0.0075 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(32.93% 0.061 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3092, 3.5902, 0.7771)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3509 #09123E

analogous

#3E1B09 #3E3509 #2D3E09

triadic

#3E3509 #093E35 #35093E

tetradic

#3E3509 #093E1B #09123E #3E092D

square

#3E3509 #093E1B #09123E #3E092D

split-complementary

#3E3509 #092D3E #1B093E

monochromatic

#1B1704 #1B1704 #3E3509 #736311 #A99019

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#3E3509 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E3509 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3509

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3509	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3509	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44302C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3509;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 53, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.061 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766b4c',
    500: '#3e3509',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3509;
$custom-light: #766b4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3509",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32934,
    "c": 0.06087,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3509

secondary

#27357C

accent

#56F137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#090601

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3509

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

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