Colour

#3C3505

#3C3505
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3C3505 is a yellow with RGB values 60, 53, 5 and HSL 52°, 85%, 13%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#3C3505

RGBrgb(60, 53, 5)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2078, 0.0196

RGB percentages23.5%, 20.8%, 2%

HSLhsl(52.4, 84.6%, 12.7%)

HSV / HSBhsv(52.4, 91.7%, 23.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 91.7%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,945,733

CSS custom property--colour: #3C3505;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03518WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.33:1

Contrast with white12.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.7:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#C3CAFA

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B3300no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D3608no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.8 from the original

Tritanopia#42302Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 25.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.7:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.8 Dark slate grey · ΔE 34.7 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.5 Black · ΔE 36.2 Dim grey · ΔE 36.4 Sienna · ΔE 39.6

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 25.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#050C3C

Analogous#3C1A05, #273C05

Triadic#053C35, #35053C

Split complementary#05273C, #1A053C

Tetradic#053C1A, #050C3C, #3C0527

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#ECD321

Lighter +30%#C9B211

Lighter +20%#9A880D

Lighter +10%#6B5F09

Darker −10%#0D0B01

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#413900

Less saturated −25%#342F0D

Channel breakdown

R60

G53

Red60 (23.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue5 (2%)

Hue52.36°

Saturation (HSL)84.62%

Lightness12.75%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3C · G 35 · B 05

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Colour values

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