Colour

#3C371C

#3C371C
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C371C is a yellow with RGB values 60, 55, 28 and HSL 51°, 36%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

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HEX#3C371C

RGBrgb(60, 55, 28)

RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2157, 0.1098

RGB percentages23.5%, 21.6%, 11%

HSLhsl(50.6, 36.4%, 17.3%)

HSV / HSBhsv(50.6, 53.3%, 23.5%)

CMYK0%, 8.3%, 53.3%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer3,946,268

CSS custom property--colour: #3C371C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03777WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness54.2 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.96:1

Contrast with white11.96:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#363636

Inverted#C3C8E3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3C361Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D381Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Tritanopia#403431no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 15.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.96:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 24.8 Dim grey · ΔE 27.9 Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.5 Black · ΔE 29 Gray · ΔE 35.5 Saddle brown · ΔE 39.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 24.77, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#1C213C

Analogous#3C271C, #313C1C

Triadic#1C3C37, #371C3C

Split complementary#1C313C, #271C3C

Tetradic#1C3C27, #1C213C, #3C1C31

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#BAAD6A

Lighter +30%#A4974D

Lighter +20%#82773C

Lighter +10%#5F572C

Darker −10%#19170C

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#473F11

Less saturated −25%#312F27

Channel breakdown

R60

G55

B28

Red60 (23.5%)

Green55 (21.6%)

Blue28 (11%)

Hue50.63°

Saturation (HSL)36.36%

Lightness17.25%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3C · G 37 · B 1C

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