#3E440E#3E440E

#3E440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.074 H 115.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E440E
RGB	rgb(62, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(67, 79%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 79.4%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.27, -10.68, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.27, 31.94, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% -0.0322 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.074 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.1331, 5.1901, 1.1994)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E440E #140E44

analogous

#442F0E #3E440E #23440E

triadic

#3E440E #0E3E44 #440E3E

tetradic

#3E440E #0E442F #140E44 #440E23

square

#3E440E #0E442F #140E44 #440E23

split-complementary

#3E440E #0E2344 #2F0E44

monochromatic

#171905 #171905 #3E440E #6C7718 #9BAA23

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#3E440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#3E440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E440E

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E440E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E440E	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#424039

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.074 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757751',
    500: '#3e440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e440e;
$custom-light: #757751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36935,
    "c": 0.07439,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E440E

secondary

#382F7F

accent

#3FE952

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#080802

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E440E

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

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