#3E3511#3E3511

#3E3511 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.054 H 95.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3511
RGB	rgb(62, 53, 17)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 72.6%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, -1.15, 23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 23.56, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.02% -0.0049 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(33.02% 0.054 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.3610, 3.6110, 1.0502)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3511 #111A3E

analogous

#3E1E11 #3E3511 #303E11

triadic

#3E3511 #113E35 #35113E

tetradic

#3E3511 #113E1E #111A3E #3E1130

square

#3E3511 #113E1E #111A3E #3E1130

split-complementary

#3E3511 #11303E #1E113E

monochromatic

#181507 #181507 #3E3511 #6E5E1E #9E872B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#3E3511 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3E3511 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3511

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3511	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3511	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B340D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3713

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43312D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3511;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 53, 17);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.054 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756c51',
    500: '#3e3511',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3511;
$custom-light: #756c51;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3511",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 17
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33016,
    "c": 0.05398,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3511

secondary

#334177

accent

#66E048

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#080602

muted

#7B7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3511

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

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