#3E480A#3E480A

#3E480A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.082 H 118.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E480A
RGB	rgb(62, 72, 10)
HSL	hsl(70, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(70, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 86.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.59, -13.24, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.59, 35.51, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(37.99% -0.0397 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(37.99% 0.082 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3589, 5.6808, 1.1540)
Luminance	0.0568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E480A #140A48

analogous

#48330A #3E480A #1F480A

triadic

#3E480A #0A3E48 #480A3E

tetradic

#3E480A #0A4833 #140A48 #480A1F

square

#3E480A #0A4833 #140A48 #480A1F

split-complementary

#3E480A #0A1F48 #330A48

monochromatic

#171B04 #171B04 #3E480A #6C7E11 #9BB319

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#3E480A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#3E480A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E480A

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E480A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E480A	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)

#4C4410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e480a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 72, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.082 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#767a4f',
    500: '#3e480a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e480a;
$custom-light: #767a4f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e480a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3799,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E480A

secondary

#382985

accent

#36F254

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#090902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E480A

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

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