#483C09#483C09

#483C09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.068 H 94.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483C09
RGB	rgb(72, 60, 9)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(49, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, -0.85, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 31.03, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% -0.0058 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.068 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3379, 4.6294, 0.9235)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483C09 #091548

analogous

#481C09 #483C09 #344809

triadic

#483C09 #09483C #3C0948

tetradic

#483C09 #09481C #091548 #480934

square

#483C09 #09481C #091548 #480934

split-complementary

#483C09 #093448 #1C0948

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #483C09 #7E6910 #B59717

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#483C09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#483C09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483C09

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483C09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483C09	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#463E0C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483c09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 60, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.068 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e714d',
    500: '#483c09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483c09;
$custom-light: #7e714d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483c09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35881,
    "c": 0.0677,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483C09

secondary

#273985

accent

#58F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #483C09

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

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