3348 — Yellow Green light
Greens family
DMC 3348 — Yellow Green light — has hex #A3B86A and RGB 163, 184, 106. This medium-light, moderately saturated green thread sits alongside its closest Classic Colorworks, Weeks Dye Works, and Gentle Art Sampler matches below, with 8 similar DMC shades and a panel of color harmonies for palette planning.
Brand Equivalents for DMC 3348
Top 5 closest matches in each brand, ranked by visual color similarity.How matching works
Anchor
Madeira
J&P Coates
Sullivans
Classic Colorworks
Weeks Dye Works
Gentle Art Sampler
Valdani
Crescent Colors
Closest match to DMC 3348 in 43 more brands
The single nearest shade in every other palette we hold, from needlepoint silks and wools to fuse beads and yarn. Match quality is perceptual colour distance: 93% and up is hard to tell apart, under 75% is a visible shift.
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Similar DMC Colors to 3348
Closest DMC threads by perceptual color distance, sorted from most to least similar.
Working with DMC 3348
It has moderate contrast on both light and dark fabric — usable on either, but test a few stitches on your chosen ground first.
DMC 3348 in other DMC lines
DMC reuses base numbers across its specialty lines, so the same shade can exist as a satin, a metallic, or a sparkle floss under a prefixed code. Here is where Yellow Green light turns up.
DMC 3348 is a Mouliné Spécial-only number: there is no Satin, Light Effects, or Étoile version of this shade. For a sheen or sparkle in the same tone, blend one strand of the nearest metallic with two strands of DMC 3348.
Diamond painting: the same number is sold as a drill — Diamond Dotz D3348, Diamond Drills USA AD3348. A kit legend or drill bag marked 3348 means this colour. See the diamond painting DMC chart for every code with drill availability.
Color Harmonies for DMC 3348
DMC threads that pair well with 3348, based on color theory harmony rules in CIELAB color space.
Greens Family
DMC 3348 in context with nearby shades from the greens color family.
About DMC 3348
Yellow Green light (catalog code DMC 3348) is a medium-light, moderately saturated shade from the greens family with yellow-green tones. It has a steady and approachable feel that suits cactus motifs and shamrock designs particularly well. Designers often pair this shade with frog patterns or moss textures for balanced palettes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What color is DMC 3348?
DMC 3348 is called Yellow Green light. It's a medium-light green shade (hex #A3B86A, RGB 163, 184, 106) in the greens family, commonly used for holiday projects, landscape details, and similar motifs.
What's the closest Anchor match for DMC 3348?
The closest Anchor match for DMC 3348 (Yellow Green light) is Anchor 264 (Avocado Green Ultra Very Light) with a 74% match based on visual color similarity. Other near matches include Anchor 254 (Forest Green Very Light, 71%) and Anchor 241 (Pistachio Green, 64%).
What's a good substitute for DMC 3348?
The closest DMC threads to 3348 are 16 Light Chartreuse (ΔE 4.07), 472 Avocado Green ultra light (ΔE 6.55), and 164 Forest Green light (ΔE 7.7). These are useful substitutes when 3348 is unavailable or for building gradients.
What projects use DMC 3348?
Cross-stitchers pull DMC 3348 (Yellow Green light) for charts featuring holiday projects, landscape details, ferns, herb gardens. The medium-light tone reads cleanly on its own and slots into multi-color palettes — see the color harmonies below for pairing ideas.
What fabric color works best with DMC 3348 (Yellow Green light)?
It has moderate contrast on both light and dark fabric — usable on either, but test a few stitches on your chosen ground first. For reference, 3348 has a contrast ratio of about 2.2:1 on white fabric and 9.6:1 on black. As a cool shade, its cool cast recedes visually — useful for backgrounds, shadows, water and sky, and calm, restful palettes.
Is there a metallic or satin version of DMC 3348?
No. DMC 3348 (Yellow Green light) exists only as Mouliné Spécial six-strand cotton — there is no Satin, Light Effects, or Étoile code for it. For a matching shine, blend one strand of the nearest Light Effects colour with two strands of the cotton.
What is the diamond painting drill code for DMC 3348?
Diamond Dotz D3348 and Diamond Drills USA AD3348 carry the same number. Diamond painting adopted DMC's numbering, so a kit legend or drill bag marked 3348 is this colour regardless of drill brand — though each manufacturer dyes to the reference in its own batches, so avoid mixing brands inside one large block.
Which other thread brands come closest to DMC 3348?
Outside the main floss brands, the nearest shades we hold are Soie d'Alger 2113 Yellow Green light (100%), Eterna Silk 3990 Avocado Light (92%), Ariadna 1691 (91%). Percentages are perceptual colour distance between the two swatches; anything above about 93% is hard to tell apart on fabric.