#3A3909#3A3909

#3A3909 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.065 H 108.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A3909
RGB	rgb(58, 57, 9)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 84.5%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, -6.36, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 28.77, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% -0.0205 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.065 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2575, 3.8456, 0.8291)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A3909 #090A3A

analogous

#3A2009 #3A3909 #223A09

triadic

#3A3909 #093A39 #39093A

tetradic

#3A3909 #093A20 #090A3A #3A0922

square

#3A3909 #093A20 #090A3A #3A0922

split-complementary

#3A3909 #09223A #20093A

monochromatic

#1A1A04 #1A1A04 #3A3909 #6F6D11 #A4A119

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#3A3909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#3A3909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A3909

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A3909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A3909	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F380D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a3909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 57, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.065 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#726f4c',
    500: '#3a3909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a3909;
$custom-light: #726f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a3909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33536,
    "c": 0.06534,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A3909

secondary

#272878

accent

#3CF038

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A3909

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

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