Colour

#3F3B17

#3F3B17
Yellow
Dark
Nearest: Dark olivegreen

#3F3B17 is a yellow with RGB values 63, 59, 23 and HSL 54°, 47%, 17%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 11.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark olivegreen.

Colour values

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HEX#3F3B17

RGBrgb(63, 59, 23)

RGB (0–1)0.2471, 0.2314, 0.0902

RGB percentages24.7%, 23.1%, 9%

HSLhsl(54, 46.5%, 16.9%)

HSV / HSBhsv(54, 63.5%, 24.7%)

CMYK0%, 6.3%, 63.5%, 75.3%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer4,143,895

CSS custom property--colour: #3F3B17;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.04247WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness57.4 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 11.36:1

Contrast with white11.36:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black1.85:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#393939

Inverted#C0C4E8

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#403913no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#423B19no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.9 from the original

Tritanopia#443733no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text11.36:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text1.85:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark olivegreen · ΔE 24.5 Dark slate grey · ΔE 28.2 Dim grey · ΔE 30.4 Black · ΔE 33.5 Gray · ΔE 37.1 Saddle brown · ΔE 37.8

Nearest named CSS colourDark olivegreen (#556B2F)ΔE 24.52, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#171B3F

Analogous#3F2717, #2F3F17

Triadic#173F3B, #3B173F

Split complementary#172F3F, #27173F

Tetradic#173F27, #171B3F, #3F172F

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#C4BA5E

Lighter +30%#AFA440

Lighter +20%#8A8132

Lighter +10%#645E25

Darker −10%#1A1809

Darker −20%#000000

Darker −30%#000000

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#4A440C

Less saturated −25%#343222

Channel breakdown

R63

G59

B23

Red63 (24.7%)

Green59 (23.1%)

Blue23 (9%)

Hue54°

Saturation (HSL)46.51%

Lightness16.86%

Dominant channelRed

Hex per channelR 3F · G 3B · B 17

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