#3E4009#3E4009

#3E4009 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.073 H 111.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4009
RGB	rgb(62, 64, 9)
HSL	hsl(62, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(62, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 85.9%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.89, -8.57, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.89, 32.03, 105.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% -0.0269 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.073 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8694, 4.7107, 0.9638)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4009 #0B0940

analogous

#402709 #3E4009 #234009

triadic

#3E4009 #093E40 #40093E

tetradic

#3E4009 #094027 #0B0940 #400923

square

#3E4009 #094027 #0B0940 #400923

split-complementary

#3E4009 #092340 #270940

monochromatic

#1A1B04 #1A1B04 #3E4009 #727611 #A6AB18

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#3E4009 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3E4009 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4009

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4009	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4009	1.00	10.81	1.94	10.81
#FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4009;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.073 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76744e',
    500: '#3e4009',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4009;
$custom-light: #76744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4009",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.182,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35822,
    "c": 0.07276,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4009

secondary

#2A277E

accent

#36F23D

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4009

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

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