Colour

#3C3512

#3C3512
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3C3512 is a yellow with RGB values 60, 53, 18 and HSL 50°, 54%, 15%. 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#3C3512

RGBrgb(60, 53, 18)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2078, 0.0706

RGB percentages23.5%, 20.8%, 7.1%

HSLhsl(50, 53.8%, 15.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50, 70%, 23.5%)

CMYK0%, 11.7%, 70%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,945,746

CSS custom property--colour: #3C3512;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03551WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness52.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 12.28:1

Contrast with white12.28:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#343434

Inverted#C3CAED

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3B340Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Deuteranopia#3C3614no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Tritanopia#41312Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 19.4 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text12.28:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.71:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 27.3 Dark slate grey · ΔE 29.5 Black · ΔE 31.8 Dim grey · ΔE 31.9 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.2 Gray · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 27.32, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#12193C

Analogous#3C2012, #2E3C12

Triadic#123C35, #35123C

Split complementary#122E3C, #20123C

Tetradic#123C20, #12193C, #3C122E

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CAB650

Lighter +30%#B29D35

Lighter +20%#8A7A2A

Lighter +10%#63581E

Darker −10%#151206

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#463C08

Less saturated −25%#322F1C

Channel breakdown

R60

G53

B18

Red60 (23.5%)

Green53 (20.8%)

Blue18 (7.1%)

Hue50°

Saturation (HSL)53.85%

Lightness15.29%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3C · G 35 · B 12

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