#3C3909#3C3909

#3C3909 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.065 H 105.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C3909
RGB	rgb(60, 57, 9)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(56, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, -5.30, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 28.83, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% -0.0176 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.065 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.3761, 3.9068, 0.8346)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C3909 #090C3C

analogous

#3C1F09 #3C3909 #253C09

triadic

#3C3909 #093C39 #39093C

tetradic

#3C3909 #093C1F #090C3C #3C0925

square

#3C3909 #093C1F #090C3C #3C0925

split-complementary

#3C3909 #09253C #1F093C

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #3C3909 #716C11 #A69E19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#3C3909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#3C3909 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C3909

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C3909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C3909	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#40390D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c3909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 57, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.065 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#746f4c',
    500: '#3c3909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c3909;
$custom-light: #746f4c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c3909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3375,
    "c": 0.06497,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C3909

secondary

#272C7A

accent

#42F137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C3909

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

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