#3E402A#3E402A

#3E402A is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.036 H 112.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E402A
RGB	rgb(62, 64, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 21%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(65, 34%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 34.4%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, -5.14, 13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 14.18, 111.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% -0.0136 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.036 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2379, 4.8581, 2.9045)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E402A #2C2A40

analogous

#40372A #3E402A #33402A

triadic

#3E402A #2A3E40 #402A3E

tetradic

#3E402A #2A4037 #2C2A40 #402A33

square

#3E402A #2A4037 #2C2A40 #402A33

split-complementary

#3E402A #2A3340 #372A40

monochromatic

#12120C #1A1B12 #3E402A #626542 #868A5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#3E402A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#3E402A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E402A

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E402A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E402A	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e402a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.036 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737463',
    500: '#3e402a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e402a;
$custom-light: #737463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e402a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 20.755,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36307,
    "c": 0.03569,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E402A

secondary

#575571

accent

#6ABD72

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEDEA

border

#C8C8C6

text

#080805

muted

#7B7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E402A

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

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