#3C3609#3C3609

#3C3609 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.062 H 101.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C3609
RGB	rgb(60, 54, 9)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(53, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, -3.40, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 27.53, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(32.96% -0.0123 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(32.96% 0.062 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2321, 3.6189, 0.7867)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C3609 #090F3C

analogous

#3C1C09 #3C3609 #283C09

triadic

#3C3609 #093C36 #36093C

tetradic

#3C3609 #093C1C #090F3C #3C0928

square

#3C3609 #093C1C #090F3C #3C0928

split-complementary

#3C3609 #09283C #1C093C

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #3C3609 #716611 #A69619

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#3C3609 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#3C3609 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C3609

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C3609	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C3609	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E370C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41312D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c3609;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 54, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.062 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746c4c',
    500: '#3c3609',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c3609;
$custom-light: #746c4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c3609",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32961,
    "c": 0.06177,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C3609

secondary

#27317A

accent

#4DF137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDEBE7

border

#C8C6C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C3609

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

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