#3E400D#3E400D

#3E400D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.070 H 111.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E400D
RGB	rgb(62, 64, 13)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 79.7%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.92, -8.35, 29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.92, 30.39, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% -0.0258 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.07 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8928, 4.7201, 1.0867)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E400D #0F0D40

analogous

#40280D #3E400D #24400D

triadic

#3E400D #0D3E40 #400D3E

tetradic

#3E400D #0D4028 #0F0D40 #400D24

square

#3E400D #0D4028 #0F0D40 #400D24

split-complementary

#3E400D #0D2440 #280D40

monochromatic

#191905 #191905 #3E400D #6F7317 #A1A622

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#3E400D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3E400D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E400D

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E400D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E400D	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e400d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 13);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.070 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757450',
    500: '#3e400d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e400d;
$custom-light: #757450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e400d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 13
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35853,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E400D

secondary

#302D7C

accent

#3FE945

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E400D

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

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