#3C480B#3C480B

#3C480B is a dark, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.083 H 120.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C480B
RGB	rgb(60, 72, 11)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(72, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, -14.17, 32.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 35.34, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(37.82% -0.042 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(37.82% 0.083 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2413, 5.6196, 1.1778)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C480B #170B48

analogous

#48360B #3C480B #1E480B

triadic

#3C480B #0B3C48 #480B3C

tetradic

#3C480B #0B4836 #170B48 #480B1E

square

#3C480B #0B4836 #170B48 #480B1E

split-complementary

#3C480B #0B1E48 #360B48

monochromatic

#161B04 #161B04 #3C480B #687D13 #94B21B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#3C480B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#3C480B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C480B

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C480B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C480B	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40443D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c480b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 72, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.083 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747b50',
    500: '#3c480b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c480b;
$custom-light: #747b50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c480b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.803,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3782,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C480B

secondary

#3C2A84

accent

#38F05C

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EDEDE7

border

#C8C8C3

text

#080902

muted

#7B7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C480B

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

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