Recognised as Colour

#3E340F

#3E340F
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3E340F is a yellow with RGB values 62, 52, 15 and HSL 47°, 61%, 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#3E340F

RGBrgb(62, 52, 15)

RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.2039, 0.0588

RGB percentages24.3%, 20.4%, 5.9%

HSLhsl(47.2, 61%, 15.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(47.2, 75.8%, 24.3%)

CMYK0%, 16.1%, 75.8%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,076,559

CSS custom property--colour: #3E340F;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03515WCAG 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 12.33:1

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

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

Greyscale equivalent#333333

Inverted#C1CBF0

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#3A330Ano red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#3D3611no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original

Tritanopia#442F2Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 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 27.9 Dark slate grey · ΔE 31.5 Black · ΔE 32.7 Dim grey · ΔE 33 Saddle brown · ΔE 35.4 Sienna · ΔE 38.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 27.93, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#0F193E

Analogous#3E1D0F, #303E0F

Triadic#0F3E34, #340F3E

Split complementary#0F303E, #1D0F3E

Tetradic#0F3E1D, #0F193E, #3E0F30

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#D2B547

Lighter +30%#B99B2D

Lighter +20%#907923

Lighter +10%#675619

Darker −10%#151205

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#483A05

Less saturated −25%#342E19

Channel breakdown

R62

G52

B15

Red62 (24.3%)

Green52 (20.4%)

Blue15 (5.9%)

Hue47.23°

Saturation (HSL)61.04%

Lightness15.1%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3E · G 34 · B 0F

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