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Recognised as Colour

#3C381E

  • #3C381E
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark slate grey

#3C381E is a yellow with RGB values 60, 56, 30 and HSL 52°, 33%, 18%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slate grey.

Colour values

#3C381E#3C381E
HEX#3C381E
RGBrgb(60, 56, 30)
RGB (0–1)0.2353, 0.2196, 0.1176
RGB percentages23.5%, 22%, 11.8%
HSLhsl(52, 33.3%, 17.6%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 50%, 23.5%)
CMYK0%, 6.7%, 50%, 76.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer3,946,526
CSS custom property--colour: #3C381E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03883WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness55 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.82:1
Contrast with white11.82:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#373737
Inverted#C3C7E1

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3C371Cno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1 from the original
Deuteranopia#3E381Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.2 from the original
Tritanopia#403532no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 14.9 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.82:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slate grey · ΔE 23.8Dim grey · ΔE 27.2Dark olivegreen · ΔE 28.4Black · ΔE 28.9Gray · ΔE 34.8Slate grey · ΔE 40.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark slate grey (#2F4F4F)ΔE 23.81, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#1E223C
Analogous#3C291E, #313C1E
Triadic#1E3C38, #381E3C
Split complementary#1E313C, #291E3C
Tetradic#1E3C29, #1E223C, #3C1E31

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#B7AD6F
Lighter +30%#A29751
Lighter +20%#807740
Lighter +10%#5E582F
Darker −10%#1A180D
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#474013
Less saturated −25%#313029

Channel breakdown

R60
G56
B30
Red60 (23.5%)
Green56 (22%)
Blue30 (11.8%)
Hue52°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness17.65%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 3C · G 38 · B 1E

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