#483A09#483A09

#483A09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.066 H 91.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483A09
RGB	rgb(72, 58, 9)
HSL	hsl(47, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(47, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 0.43, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 30.43, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% -0.0022 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.066 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2351, 4.4238, 0.8892)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483A09 #091748

analogous

#481A09 #483A09 #364809

triadic

#483A09 #09483A #3A0948

tetradic

#483A09 #09481A #091748 #480936

square

#483A09 #09481A #091748 #480936

split-complementary

#483A09 #093648 #1A0948

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #483A09 #7E6610 #B59217

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#483A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#483A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483A09

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483A09	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423902

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#453D0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 58, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.066 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6f4d',
    500: '#483a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483a09;
$custom-light: #7e6f4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35387,
    "c": 0.06627,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483A09

secondary

#273C85

accent

#5EF434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #483A09

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

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