#3E3909#3E3909

#3E3909 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.065 H 103.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3909
RGB	rgb(62, 57, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, -4.24, 28.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 28.93, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.97% -0.0148 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(33.97% 0.065 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4992, 3.9703, 0.8404)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3909 #090E3E

analogous

#3E1F09 #3E3909 #293E09

triadic

#3E3909 #093E39 #39093E

tetradic

#3E3909 #093E1F #090E3E #3E0929

square

#3E3909 #093E1F #090E3E #3E0929

split-complementary

#3E3909 #09293E #1F093E

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #3E3909 #736A11 #A99B19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#3E3909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#3E3909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3909

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3909	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41390C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 57, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.065 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766f4c',
    500: '#3e3909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3909;
$custom-light: #766f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.34,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3397,
    "c": 0.06473,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3909

secondary

#272F7C

accent

#48F137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#090701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3909

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

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