#3E400E#3E400E

#3E400E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.069 H 111.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E400E
RGB	rgb(62, 64, 14)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 78.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, -8.28, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 29.95, 106.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% -0.0255 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.069 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.8994, 4.7227, 1.1215)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E400E #100E40

analogous

#40290E #3E400E #25400E

triadic

#3E400E #0E3E40 #400E3E

tetradic

#3E400E #0E4029 #100E40 #400E25

square

#3E400E #0E4029 #100E40 #400E25

split-complementary

#3E400E #0E2540 #290E40

monochromatic

#181905 #181905 #3E400E #6F7219 #9FA424

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#3E400E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#3E400E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E400E

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E400E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E400E	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)

#463D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e400e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.069 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757450',
    500: '#3e400e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e400e;
$custom-light: #757450;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e400e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35862,
    "c": 0.06915,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E400E

secondary

#322F7B

accent

#41E747

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E400E

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

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