#483B09#483B09

#483B09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.067 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483B09
RGB	rgb(72, 59, 9)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(48, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, -0.21, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 30.73, 90.40°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% -0.004 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.067 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2860, 4.5256, 0.9062)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483B09 #091648

analogous

#481B09 #483B09 #354809

triadic

#483B09 #09483B #3B0948

tetradic

#483B09 #09481B #091648 #480935

square

#483B09 #09481B #091648 #480935

split-complementary

#483B09 #093548 #1B0948

monochromatic

#1B1603 #1B1603 #483B09 #7E6810 #B59417

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#483B09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#483B09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483B09

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483B09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483B09	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433A02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483b09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 59, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.067 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e704d',
    500: '#483b09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483b09;
$custom-light: #7e704d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483b09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.619,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35633,
    "c": 0.06696,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483B09

secondary

#273B85

accent

#5BF434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #483B09

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

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