#3B480B#3B480B

#3B480B is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.083 H 121.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B480B
RGB	rgb(59, 72, 11)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(73, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 0%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, -14.65, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 35.44, 114.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% -0.0433 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.083 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.1815, 5.5887, 1.1750)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B480B #180B48

analogous

#48370B #3B480B #1D480B

triadic

#3B480B #0B3B48 #480B3B

tetradic

#3B480B #0B4837 #180B48 #480B1D

square

#3B480B #0B4837 #180B48 #480B1D

split-complementary

#3B480B #0B1D48 #370B48

monochromatic

#161B04 #161B04 #3B480B #677D13 #92B21B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#3B480B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#3B480B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B480B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B480B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B480B	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b480b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 72, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.083 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#737b50',
    500: '#3b480b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b480b;
$custom-light: #737b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b480b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.787,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37734,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B480B

secondary

#3E2A84

accent

#38F05F

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#080902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B480B

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

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