#3E420B#3E420B

#3E420B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.074 H 113.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E420B
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 83.3%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, -9.67, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 32.18, 107.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% -0.0297 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.074 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.9953, 4.9448, 1.0605)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E420B #0F0B42

analogous

#422B0B #3E420B #22420B

triadic

#3E420B #0B3E42 #420B3E

tetradic

#3E420B #0B422B #0F0B42 #420B22

square

#3E420B #0B422B #0F0B42 #420B22

split-complementary

#3E420B #0B2242 #2B0B42

monochromatic

#191A04 #191A04 #3E420B #6F7614 #A1AB1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#3E420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#3E420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E420B

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E420B	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.074 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75764f',
    500: '#3e420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e420b;
$custom-light: #75764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.364,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36373,
    "c": 0.07393,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E420B

secondary

#302A7F

accent

#3AEE47

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E420B

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

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