#48380B#48380B

#48380B is a dark, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.064 H 88.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48380B
RGB	rgb(72, 56, 11)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(44, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 1.81, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 29.07, 86.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.002 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.064 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1473, 4.2305, 0.9147)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48380B #0B1B48

analogous

#481A0B #48380B #3A480B

triadic

#48380B #0B4838 #380B48

tetradic

#48380B #0B481A #0B1B48 #480B3A

square

#48380B #0B481A #0B1B48 #480B3A

split-complementary

#48380B #0B3A48 #1A0B48

monochromatic

#1B1504 #1B1504 #48380B #7D6113 #B28B1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#48380B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#48380B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48380B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48380B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48380B	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#443C0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F322F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48380b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 56, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.064 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6e4e',
    500: '#48380b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48380b;
$custom-light: #7e6e4e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48380b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.262,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34913,
    "c": 0.06371,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48380B

secondary

#2A4284

accent

#68F038

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEEBE7

border

#C9C6C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #48380B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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