#3C3505#3C3505

#3C3505 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.064 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C3505
RGB	rgb(60, 53, 5)
HSL	hsl(52, 85%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(52, 92%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 91.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, -2.99, 28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 28.72, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(32.67% -0.0117 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(32.67% 0.064 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.1641, 3.5180, 0.6559)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C3505 #050C3C

analogous

#3C1A05 #3C3505 #273C05

triadic

#3C3505 #053C35 #35053C

tetradic

#3C3505 #053C1A #050C3C #3C0527

square

#3C3505 #053C1A #050C3C #3C0527

split-complementary

#3C3505 #05273C #1A053C

monochromatic

#1C1902 #1C1902 #3C3505 #74670A #AD990E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#3C3505 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#3C3505 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C3505

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C3505	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C3505	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D3608

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42302C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c3505;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 53, 5);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.064 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746b4a',
    500: '#3c3505',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c3505;
$custom-light: #746b4a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c3505",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 5
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 84.615,
    "l": 12.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32666,
    "c": 0.06395,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C3505

secondary

#202C7D

accent

#47FB2D

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#080601

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C3505

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

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