#48400B#48400B

#48400B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.070 H 100.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48400B
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 11)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(52, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.93, -3.28, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.93, 31.56, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% -0.0125 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.07 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5665, 5.0689, 1.0544)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48400B #0B1348

analogous

#48220B #48400B #32480B

triadic

#48400B #0B4840 #400B48

tetradic

#48400B #0B4822 #0B1348 #480B32

square

#48400B #0B4822 #0B1348 #480B32

split-complementary

#48400B #0B3248 #220B48

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #48400B #7D6F13 #B29E1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#48400B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48400B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48400B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48400B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48400B	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49410F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48400b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.070 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e744f',
    500: '#48400b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48400b;
$custom-light: #7e744f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48400b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36898,
    "c": 0.06982,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48400B

secondary

#2A3684

accent

#50F038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48400B

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

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