#3E420E#3E420E

#3E420E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.072 H 113.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E420E
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 14)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 78.8%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, -9.49, 29.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 30.93, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% -0.0289 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.072 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.0142, 4.9523, 1.1598)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E420E #120E42

analogous

#422C0E #3E420E #24420E

triadic

#3E420E #0E3E42 #420E3E

tetradic

#3E420E #0E422C #120E42 #420E24

square

#3E420E #0E422C #120E42 #420E24

split-complementary

#3E420E #0E2442 #2C0E42

monochromatic

#181905 #181905 #3E420E #6D7419 #9DA723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#3E420E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#3E420E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E420E

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E420E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E420E	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e420e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.072 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757650',
    500: '#3e420e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e420e;
$custom-light: #757650;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e420e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36397,
    "c": 0.07174,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E420E

secondary

#352F7D

accent

#40E84D

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E420E

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

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