#3C3C09#3C3C09

#3C3C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.068 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C3C09
RGB	rgb(60, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 85%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, -7.17, 29.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 30.20, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% -0.0228 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.068 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5288, 4.2122, 0.8855)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C3C09 #09093C

analogous

#3C2209 #3C3C09 #223C09

triadic

#3C3C09 #093C3C #3C093C

tetradic

#3C3C09 #093C22 #09093C #3C0922

square

#3C3C09 #093C22 #09093C #3C0922

split-complementary

#3C3C09 #09223C #22093C

monochromatic

#1B1B04 #1B1B04 #3C3C09 #717111 #A6A619

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#3C3C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#3C3C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C3C09

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C3C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C3C09	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#423B0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c3c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.068 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74714d',
    500: '#3c3c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c3c09;
$custom-light: #74714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c3c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34548,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C3C09

secondary

#27277A

accent

#37F137

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EDECE7

border

#C8C7C3

text

#080701

muted

#7B7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C3C09

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

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