#3E3517#3E3517

#3E3517 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.047 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3517
RGB	rgb(62, 53, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 62.9%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, -0.61, 20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 20.17, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(33.1% -0.0025 0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(33.1% 0.047 93)
XYZ	xyz(3.4145, 3.6324, 1.3317)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3517 #17203E

analogous

#3E2217 #3E3517 #343E17

triadic

#3E3517 #173E35 #35173E

tetradic

#3E3517 #173E22 #17203E #3E1734

square

#3E3517 #173E22 #17203E #3E1734

split-complementary

#3E3517 #17343E #22173E

monochromatic

#161308 #161308 #3E3517 #6B5B28 #978138

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#3E3517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#3E3517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3517

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3517	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3414

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43312E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 53, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.047 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756c55',
    500: '#3e3517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3517;
$custom-light: #756c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 45.882,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.331,
    "c": 0.04747,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.03632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3517

secondary

#3C4975

accent

#71D652

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE8

border

#C8C6C4

text

#080603

muted

#7B7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3517

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

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