#48401B#48401B

#48401B is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.055 H 97.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48401B
RGB	rgb(72, 64, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 62.5%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, -2.14, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 23.64, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% -0.0071 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.055 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7039, 5.1238, 1.7779)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48401B #1B2348

analogous

#482A1B #48401B #3A481B

triadic

#48401B #1B4840 #401B48

tetradic

#48401B #1B482A #1B2348 #481B3A

square

#48401B #1B482A #1B2348 #481B3A

split-complementary

#48401B #1B3A48 #2A1B48

monochromatic

#161408 #1B180A #48401B #75682C #A18F3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#48401B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#48401B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48401B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48401B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48401B	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#48411D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48401b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 64, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.055 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7458',
    500: '#48401b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48401b;
$custom-light: #7c7458;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48401b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3707,
    "c": 0.05548,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48401B

secondary

#414C7E

accent

#6AD553

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0803

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48401B

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

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