#3E440B#3E440B

#3E440B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.077 H 115.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E440B
RGB	rgb(62, 68, 11)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(66, 84%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 83.8%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, -10.86, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 33.16, 109.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% -0.033 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.077 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1142, 5.1826, 1.1002)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E440B #110B44

analogous

#442D0B #3E440B #21440B

triadic

#3E440B #0B3E44 #440B3E

tetradic

#3E440B #0B442D #110B44 #440B21

square

#3E440B #0B442D #110B44 #440B21

split-complementary

#3E440B #0B2144 #2D0B44

monochromatic

#181A04 #181A04 #3E440B #6E7914 #9EAD1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#3E440B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#3E440B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E440B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E440B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E440B	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#434039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e440b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 68, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.077 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75774f',
    500: '#3e440b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e440b;
$custom-light: #75774f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e440b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36912,
    "c": 0.07653,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E440B

secondary

#332A81

accent

#39EF4C

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E440B

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

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