#48400C#48400C

#48400C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.069 H 100.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48400C
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 12)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 83.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.94, -3.23, 30.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.94, 31.15, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% -0.0122 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.069 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5725, 5.0713, 1.0858)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48400C #0C1448

analogous

#48220C #48400C #32480C

triadic

#48400C #0C4840 #400C48

tetradic

#48400C #0C4822 #0C1448 #480C32

square

#48400C #0C4822 #0C1448 #480C32

split-complementary

#48400C #0C3248 #220C48

monochromatic

#1A1704 #1A1704 #48400C #7C6F15 #B19D1D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#48400C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#48400C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48400C

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48400C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48400C	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)

#473E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#494110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48400c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.069 100.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48400c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36905,
    "c": 0.06915,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48400C

secondary

#2C3884

accent

#52EE3A

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48400C

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

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