#3E400A#3E400A

#3E400A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.072 H 111.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E400A
RGB	rgb(62, 64, 10)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.90, -8.52, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.90, 31.63, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% -0.0266 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.072 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8749, 4.7129, 0.9927)
Luminance	0.0471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E400A #0C0A40

analogous

#40270A #3E400A #23400A

triadic

#3E400A #0A3E40 #400A3E

tetradic

#3E400A #0A4027 #0C0A40 #400A23

square

#3E400A #0A4027 #0C0A40 #400A23

split-complementary

#3E400A #0A2340 #270A40

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1A1A04 #3E400A #717512 #A5AA1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.81

#3E400A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3E400A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E400A

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E400A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E400A	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)

#463D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e400a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.072 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75744e',
    500: '#3e400a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e400a;
$custom-light: #75744e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e400a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35829,
    "c": 0.07208,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E400A

secondary

#2C297D

accent

#38F03F

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E400A

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

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