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Recognised as Colour

#3E370C

  • #3E370C
  • Yellow
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3E370C is a yellow with RGB values 62, 55, 12 and HSL 52°, 68%, 15%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 12:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

#3E370C#3E370C
HEX#3E370C
RGBrgb(62, 55, 12)
RGB (0–1)0.2431, 0.2157, 0.0471
RGB percentages24.3%, 21.6%, 4.7%
HSLhsl(51.6, 67.6%, 14.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(51.6, 80.6%, 24.3%)
CMYK0%, 11.3%, 80.6%, 75.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer4,077,324
CSS custom property--colour: #3E370C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.03783WCAG 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 11.95:1
Contrast with white11.95:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black1.76:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#353535
Inverted#C1C8F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#3D3506no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#3F380Fno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.1 from the original
Tritanopia#43322Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 23.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text11.95:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text1.76:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 25.4Dark slate grey · ΔE 32.8Dim grey · ΔE 34.4Black · ΔE 35.3Saddle brown · ΔE 35.6Sienna · ΔE 39.3
Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 25.39, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyyellow
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#0C133E
Analogous#3E1E0C, #2C3E0C
Triadic#0C3E37, #370C3E
Split complementary#0C2C3E, #1E0C3E
Tetradic#0C3E1E, #0C133E, #3E0C2C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D9C33D
Lighter +30%#BEA925
Lighter +20%#93831D
Lighter +10%#695D14
Darker −10%#131104
Darker −20%#000000
Darker −30%#000000
Darker −40%#000000
More saturated +25%#473E03
Less saturated −25%#353015

Channel breakdown

R62
G55
B12
Red62 (24.3%)
Green55 (21.6%)
Blue12 (4.7%)
Hue51.6°
Saturation (HSL)67.57%
Lightness14.51%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR 3E · G 37 · B 0C

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