#483D09#483D09

#483D09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.068 H 96.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483D09
RGB	rgb(72, 61, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.97, -1.48, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.97, 31.34, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% -0.0076 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.068 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3908, 4.7352, 0.9411)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483D09 #091448

analogous

#481D09 #483D09 #334809

triadic

#483D09 #09483D #3D0948

tetradic

#483D09 #09481D #091448 #480933

square

#483D09 #09481D #091448 #480933

split-complementary

#483D09 #093348 #1D0948

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #483D09 #7E6B10 #B59917

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.79

#483D09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#483D09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483D09

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483D09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483D09	1.00	10.79	1.95	10.79
#FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443B01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#473F0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F3733

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483d09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 61, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.068 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e724d',
    500: '#483d09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483d09;
$custom-light: #7e724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483d09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3613,
    "c": 0.06849,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483D09

secondary

#273885

accent

#55F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0701

muted

#7C7A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #483D09

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

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