#3E4809#3E4809

#3E4809 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.083 H 118.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4809
RGB	rgb(62, 72, 9)
HSL	hsl(70, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(70, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, -13.29, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 35.86, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% -0.0399 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.083 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3534, 5.6786, 1.1251)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4809 #130948

analogous

#483209 #3E4809 #1E4809

triadic

#3E4809 #093E48 #48093E

tetradic

#3E4809 #094832 #130948 #48091E

square

#3E4809 #094832 #130948 #48091E

split-complementary

#3E4809 #091E48 #320948

monochromatic

#171B03 #171B03 #3E4809 #6D7E10 #9CB517

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#3E4809 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#3E4809 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4809

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4809	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4809	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C440F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42433C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4809;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 72, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.083 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767a4f',
    500: '#3e4809',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4809;
$custom-light: #767a4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4809",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37984,
    "c": 0.08304,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4809

secondary

#362785

accent

#34F452

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4809

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

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