#3B3A09#3B3A09

#3B3A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.066 H 108.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B3A09
RGB	rgb(59, 58, 9)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 84.7%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.59, -6.45, 28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.59, 29.26, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.91% -0.0208 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(33.91% 0.066 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3661, 3.9758, 0.8485)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B3A09 #090A3B

analogous

#3B2109 #3B3A09 #233B09

triadic

#3B3A09 #093B3A #3A093B

tetradic

#3B3A09 #093B21 #090A3B #3B0923

square

#3B3A09 #093B21 #090A3B #3B0923

split-complementary

#3B3A09 #09233B #21093B

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #3B3A09 #706E11 #A5A219

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#3B3A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#3B3A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B3A09

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B3A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B3A09	1.00	11.70	1.80	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40390D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b3a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 58, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.066 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#736f4d',
    500: '#3b3a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b3a09;
$custom-light: #736f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b3a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33909,
    "c": 0.0663,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B3A09

secondary

#272879

accent

#3BF038

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B3A09

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

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