Colour

#3C3400

#3C3400
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3C3400 is a yellow with RGB values 60, 52, 0 and HSL 52°, 100%, 12%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#3C3400#3C3400

HEX#3C3400

RGBrgb(60, 52, 0)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2039, 0

RGB percentages23.5%, 20.4%, 0%

HSLhsl(52, 100%, 11.8%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52, 100%, 23.5%)

CMYK0%, 13.3%, 100%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,945,472

CSS custom property--colour: #3C3400;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03417WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness51.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.48:1

Contrast with white12.48:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.68:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#323232

Inverted#C3CBFF

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3200no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D3503no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#422F2Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 26.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.48:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.68:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 26.2 Saddle brown · ΔE 34.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 36.4 Black · ΔE 37.3 Dim grey · ΔE 37.9 Sienna · ΔE 39.3

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 26.2, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#00083C

Analogous#3C1600, #263C00

Triadic#003C34, #34003C

Split complementary#00263C, #16003C

Tetradic#003C16, #00083C, #3C0026

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#FFDE09

Lighter +30%#D5B900

Lighter +20%#A28C00

Lighter +10%#6F6000

Darker −10%#090800

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#3C3400

Less saturated −25%#342E08

Channel breakdown

R60

G52

Red60 (23.5%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue0 (0%)

Hue52°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness11.76%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3C · G 34 · B 00

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