Information about Thousand Year Old Brown color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #3B3429 reads as a calm, restrained orange and leans clearly toward the dark side. Designers typically reach for tones like this for night-mode interfaces and high-contrast pairings with light text. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Graphite (#383428). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Bushtrack (#3A312A) and Creole (#393227).
In RGB terms — rgb(59, 52, 41) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #3B3429 background, choose white — the contrast ratio is 12.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while black manages only 1.7:1. For print, note the heavy black component (K:77) — ink coverage matters with tones this deep. The name "Thousand Year Old Brown" is officially recorded for this exact shade in The Official Register of Color Names.
Thousand Year Old Brown color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
Thousand Year Old Brown color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Thousand Year Old Brown color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Thousand Year Old Brown color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Thousand Year Old Brown color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
Thousand Year Old Brown 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.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
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.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to Thousand Year Old Brown color
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Nearest named colors to Thousand Year Old Brown
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.
#383428
#3A312A
#393227
#3A302C
#37312B
#3D312D
#3F3726
#3A372E
#3E2F28
#40372A
#39392C
#413628
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#3B3429
- RGB59, 52, 41
- CMYK0, 3, 7, 77
- CSSrgb(59, 52, 41)
- HSL37°, 18%, 20%
- HSL Precise36.667°, 18%, 19.608%
- HSV37°, 31%, 23%
- HSB37°, 31%, 23%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.231
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.204
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.161
- GLSLvec3(0.231, 0.204, 0.161)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.231, 0.204, 0.161, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.231, 0.204, 0.161)
- Percentage of Red in RGB23.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB20.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB16.1%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyLow Saturation
- Lightness FamilyDark
- HEX ID3B3429
- DECIMAL ID3879977
- Name Length23
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- Counting from2025-01-01
