Information about #3C461B color

#3C461B color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#3C461B falls into the Yellow Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Dark brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(60, 70, 27) — 23.5% red, 27.5% green, 10.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 4 / 0 / 17 / 73. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #3C461B reads as a clearly saturated golden yellow and stays on the darker end of the scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for dark UI themes, backgrounds and dramatic accents. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Lithuanian Forest Green (#364C20). Slightly further away sit Thatch Green (#403D19) and Bathurst (#3C4027).

The recipe behind #3C461B is rgb(60, 70, 27), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #3C461B: 10.1:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.1:1 for black. For print, note the heavy black component (K:73) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#3C461B color variations

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#3C461B color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #3C461B

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Thatch Green color link
Thatch Green

#403D19

Bathurst color link
Bathurst

#3C4027

Lisbon Brown color link
Lisbon Brown

#423921

Longbush color link
Longbush

#413922

Madras color link
Madras

#473E23

Lush color link
Lush

#354C28

Green Kelp color link
Green Kelp

#393D2A

Mikado color link
Mikado

#3F3623

Feverpitch color link
Feverpitch

#2D4325

#3C461B color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#3C461B
  • RGB60, 70, 27
  • CMYK4, 0, 17, 73
  • HSL74°, 44%, 19%
  • HSL Precise73.953°, 44.33%, 19.02%
  • HSV74°, 61%, 27%
  • HSB74°, 61%, 27%
  • HEX ID3C461B
  • DECIMAL ID3950107
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Color Family (Hue)Yellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyDark
  • Percentage of Red in RGB23.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB27.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB10.6%
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