#3B3E09#3B3E09

#3B3E09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.071 H 112.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B3E09
RGB	rgb(59, 62, 9)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(63, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 85.5%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, -8.91, 29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 31.16, 106.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.98% -0.0276 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(34.98% 0.071 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5757, 4.3949, 0.9183)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B3E09 #0C093E

analogous

#3E2709 #3B3E09 #213E09

triadic

#3B3E09 #093B3E #3E093B

tetradic

#3B3E09 #093E27 #0C093E #3E0921

square

#3B3E09 #093E27 #0C093E #3E0921

split-complementary

#3B3E09 #09213E #27093E

monochromatic

#191B04 #191B04 #3B3E09 #6E7311 #A1A919

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#3B3E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#3B3E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B3E09

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B3E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B3E09	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#433C0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b3e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 62, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.071 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73734d',
    500: '#3b3e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b3e09;
$custom-light: #73734d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b3e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34984,
    "c": 0.07121,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B3E09

secondary

#2C277C

accent

#37F141

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080801

muted

#7B7B77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B3E09

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

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