#483E09#483E09

#483E09 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.069 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#483E09
RGB	rgb(72, 62, 9)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(50, 88%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 87.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, -2.11, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 31.67, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.38% -0.0094 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(36.38% 0.069 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4447, 4.8429, 0.9591)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#483E09 #091348

analogous

#481E09 #483E09 #324809

triadic

#483E09 #09483E #3E0948

tetradic

#483E09 #09481E #091348 #480932

square

#483E09 #09481E #091348 #480932

split-complementary

#483E09 #093248 #1E0948

monochromatic

#1B1703 #1B1703 #483E09 #7E6D10 #B59C17

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#483E09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#483E09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #483E09

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##483E09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##483E09	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453C01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48400D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #483e09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 62, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.069 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e724d',
    500: '#483e09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #483e09;
$custom-light: #7e724d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#483e09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3638,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#483E09

secondary

#273685

accent

#52F434

background

#F7F6F4

surface

#EEECE7

border

#C9C7C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #483E09

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

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