#3E3616#3E3616

#3E3616 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.050 H 95.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3616
RGB	rgb(62, 54, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 64.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.73, -1.36, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.73, 21.15, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.34% -0.0048 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(33.34% 0.05 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4507, 3.7205, 1.2953)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3616 #161E3E

analogous

#3E2216 #3E3616 #323E16

triadic

#3E3616 #163E36 #36163E

tetradic

#3E3616 #163E22 #161E3E #3E1632

square

#3E3616 #163E22 #161E3E #3E1632

split-complementary

#3E3616 #16323E #22163E

monochromatic

#171408 #171408 #3E3616 #6B5D26 #988536

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#3E3616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#3E3616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3616

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3616	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E3717

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43322F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 54, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.050 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756c54',
    500: '#3e3616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3616;
$custom-light: #756c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33339,
    "c": 0.04958,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3616

secondary

#3B4675

accent

#6CD751

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#080703

muted

#7B7A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3616

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

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