#3E5708

sRGB · 62 / 87 / 8

#3E5708 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 62 red, 87 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 79.0° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 83.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 18.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (8.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 62, 87, 8
HSL: 78.99°, 83.16%, 18.63%
HSV / HSB: 78.99°, 90.80%, 34.12%
CMYK (approx.): 28.74%, 0.00%, 90.80%, 65.88%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 5.438, 7.858, 1.460
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 33.685, -21.489, 38.154
WCAG relative luminance: 0.07858
24-bit decimal: 4085512

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #3E5708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 2.57:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

White text · 8.17:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#210857 sits half a turn (180°) from #3E5708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#3E5708 #210857

Analogous

#574908 and #165708 sit 30° to either side of #3E5708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#574908 #3E5708 #165708

Triadic

#3E5708, #083E57 and #57083E are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#3E5708 #083E57 #57083E

Split complementary

Start at #3E5708 and look across the wheel. #081657 and #490857 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#3E5708 #081657 #490857

Square

Starting with #3E5708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #085749, #210857, then #570816. Across the square, #3E5708 pairs with #210857, and #085749 with #570816.

#3E5708 #085749 #210857 #570816

Tetradic

#3E5708 and #210857 are opposites, as are #085721 and #57083E. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#3E5708 #085721 #210857 #57083E

Tints

Mixing #3E5708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #657939, keeps 80% of the original. By #D8DDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#3E5708 #657939 #8B9A6B #B2BC9C #D8DDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #3E5708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #324606, keeps 80% of the original. By #0C1102, the mixture is 80% black.

#3E5708 #324606 #253405 #192303 #0C1102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #3E5708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4B5F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #737868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#3E5708 #4B5F20 #586738 #667050 #737868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#3E5708

RGB

rgb(62 87 8)

HSL

hsl(78.987 83.158% 18.627%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #3E5708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#3E5708 uses 62 red, 87 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 24.3%

Green 34.1%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #3E5708 is 28.7% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 90.8% yellow and 65.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 28.7%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 90.8%

Black 65.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #445500. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #450 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #3E5708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #336600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #445500 Nearest web-safe · #336600

Gradient to complement

#3E5708 #394A15 #343D22 #303030 #2B223D #26154A #210857

Color vision previews

Compare how #3E5708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#5C5000

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#594F12

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#415249

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#535202

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#52520E

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#40552D

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#4F4F4F

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#475339

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.04817 G 0.09531 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.26371 G 0.33845 B 0.09943

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.05654 G 0.09374 B 0.00993

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.369 y 0.533 Y 7.858

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 75.686 M % 65.882 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00111110 01010111 00001000