DMC 3347 — Medium Yellow Green

Greens family · Hex #71935C

Quick Conversion Table

Brand	Equivalent	Match	Buy links
Anchor	266	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Madeira	1408	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Cosmo ⚠	118	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Sullivans	45344	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
J&P Coats	6010	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Dimensions	6063	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Bucilla	6063	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →
Candamar	6068	close	Amazon → LoveCrafts →

DMC 3347 Medium Yellow Green — The Color of Spring Arriving

There is a moment in early spring when the first leaves unfurl and the world shifts from brown and grey to something alive. That exact shade of new foliage — bright, fresh, with yellow sunlight practically baked into it — is what DMC 3347 captures. Medium Yellow Green is the sound of birdsong translated into thread.

Unlike the deeper, cooler greens in the DMC range, 3347 has a pronounced warm lean. The yellow component in its name is real and visible. Compare it to DMC 3346 (Hunter Green), which sits just one step darker in the same family, and the difference is clear: 3346 is a proper dark foliage green, while 3347 brings light and warmth. Step to the lighter end with DMC 3348 (Light Yellow Green) and you get the pale, almost lime quality of brand-new leaves in direct sun.

This trio — 3346, 3347, 3348 — forms one of the most naturalistic foliage gradients in cross stitch. If you are stitching a landscape, a garden scene, or a detailed botanical piece, these three shades together create believable living greenery. 3347 sits in the middle, doing the heavy lifting as the main leaf color for sunlit areas.

Beyond foliage, this shade appears in designs featuring meadows, rolling hills, and pastoral scenes. It is the green of grass in summer when the sun hits at a low angle, warm and golden-tinged. Country cottage samplers, farm scenes, and English garden designs all rely on yellow-greens like 3347 for that sun-drenched quality.

A useful technique for naturalistic stitching: blend 3347 with DMC 3346 by alternating stitches in a scattered pattern rather than using solid blocks of each. This creates a dappled effect that mimics how light actually falls on foliage — some areas warmer, some deeper, without hard boundaries between them.

Note that 3347 has one of the weaker conversion profiles in this batch — every cross-brand match is rated "close" rather than exact. This is common with yellow-greens, which occupy a tricky spot on the color wheel where small shifts in the yellow-to-green ratio dramatically change the perceived color. More on that below.

Cross-Brand Substitution for DMC 3347 Medium Yellow Green

This is a color where substitution requires extra care. Every listed equivalent — Anchor 266, Madeira 1408, Cosmo 118, and Sullivans 45344 — is rated as a close match rather than exact. That is not unusual for yellow-greens, which are notoriously difficult to match across manufacturers because even tiny differences in the yellow-green balance read as a completely different shade to the human eye.

Anchor 266 is probably the closest of the available options. The warmth is similar, and the saturation level is in the right range. But compare them on your actual fabric, not just in your hand, because background color significantly affects how yellow-greens read.

Madeira 1408 can lean slightly more olive in some dye lots, which shifts the character from "spring leaf" toward "late summer." That may or may not matter for your design, but it is worth knowing.

Cosmo 118 is another close match, and Cosmo's softer thread texture can make yellow-greens appear slightly more muted when stitched. This can actually be a benefit if you find DMC's version too bright for your purposes.

The bottom line: if your project depends on the specific warm, spring-like character of 3347, stock up on DMC and stick with it. If you just need a general medium yellow-green and are flexible on the exact warmth, any of these substitutes will serve you well. All conversions are approximate, and in this color family, "approximate" covers a wider range than usual.

Reference quality

How We Validate This Color Record

Use this page as a reference card for DMC 3347: the structured data, quick conversions, and long-form copy are all tied back to the same stored color record.

Methodology: This page renders DMC 3347, its hex value, and every brand equivalent from the site's source-of-truth color record, then checks long-form body copy against those same stored fields.
Verification status: Source-field checked. The page content is audited against the stored DMC number, brand equivalents, and match-quality labels before publishing.
Last reviewed: 2026-04-20
Approximation warning: Screen hex values, thread photos, and cross-brand conversions are reference aids. Dye lots, thread sheen, and fabric color can still shift the result in hand.

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Decision guide

When to use the DMC 3347 reference page

This page should help you decide faster between palette planning, brand substitution, and shade comparison without turning the color record into a thin lookup page.

Best for

+ Palette planning when you want the stored DMC 3347 Medium Yellow Green record, hex value #71935C, and linked brand equivalents in one place.
+ Checking the quickest cross-brand shortlist before you buy floss, compare stash substitutes, or route into a more specific conversion page.
+ Finding nearby shades in the greens family before you commit to accents, shading, or background blends.

Watch for

! Screen previews are only reference aids. Medium Yellow Green can shift on real fabric because thread sheen, stitch coverage, and room lighting change how the color reads.
! A stored equivalent is still a shortlist, not a guarantee that two brands will disappear into each other in the same stitched motif.
! Older charts, discontinued kit floss, and dye-lot variation can all introduce small but visible differences that the page cannot detect for you.

Before you commit

Confirm the role of DMC 3347 Medium Yellow Green: decide whether you need an exact hero shade, a forgiving background, or a rough stash substitute.
Compare on project fabric: view the skein or stitched sample on the same fabric count and color you will actually use.
Use the linked conversion pages next: open the brand-specific pages when you need match-quality caveats before substituting away from the DMC reference.