#3E3C09#3E3C09

#3E3C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.068 H 107.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E3C09
RGB	rgb(62, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(58, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.56, -6.12, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.56, 30.23, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% -0.02 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.068 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6519, 4.2757, 0.8913)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E3C09 #090B3E

analogous

#3E2209 #3E3C09 #263E09

triadic

#3E3C09 #093E3C #3C093E

tetradic

#3E3C09 #093E22 #090B3E #3E0926

square

#3E3C09 #093E22 #090B3E #3E0926

split-complementary

#3E3C09 #09263E #22093E

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #3E3C09 #737011 #A9A319

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#3E3C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#3E3C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E3C09

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E3C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E3C09	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433B0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e3c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.068 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76714d',
    500: '#3e3c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e3c09;
$custom-light: #76714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e3c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34758,
    "c": 0.068,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E3C09

secondary

#272A7C

accent

#3EF137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#090701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E3C09

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

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