#3E4516#3E4516

#3E4516 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.069 H 117.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4516
RGB	rgb(62, 69, 22)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 68.1%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, -10.67, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 28.73, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% -0.0312 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.069 117)
XYZ	xyz(4.2596, 5.3384, 1.5649)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4516 #1D1645

analogous

#453416 #3E4516 #264516

triadic

#3E4516 #163E45 #45163E

tetradic

#3E4516 #164534 #1D1645 #451626

square

#3E4516 #164534 #1D1645 #451626

split-complementary

#3E4516 #162645 #341645

monochromatic

#151707 #151707 #3E4516 #687325 #91A234

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#3E4516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#3E4516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4516

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4516	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 69, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.069 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#757855',
    500: '#3e4516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4516;
$custom-light: #757855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37286,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.05338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4516

secondary

#443A7C

accent

#4DDB62

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EDEDE9

border

#C8C8C5

text

#080903

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4516

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

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