#3B3909#3B3909

#3B3909 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.065 H 107.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B3909
RGB	rgb(59, 57, 9)
HSL	hsl(58, 74%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 84.7%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, -5.83, 28.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 28.80, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% -0.019 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.065 107)
XYZ	xyz(3.3162, 3.8759, 0.8318)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B3909 #090B3B

analogous

#3B2009 #3B3909 #243B09

triadic

#3B3909 #093B39 #39093B

tetradic

#3B3909 #093B20 #090B3B #3B0924

square

#3B3909 #093B20 #090B3B #3B0924

split-complementary

#3B3909 #09243B #20093B

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #3B3909 #706C11 #A5A019

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#3B3909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3B3909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B3909

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B3909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B3909	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40380D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b3909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 57, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.065 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736f4c',
    500: '#3b3909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b3909;
$custom-light: #736f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b3909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33642,
    "c": 0.06513,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.03876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B3909

secondary

#272A79

accent

#3FF038

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B3909

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

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