#48420B#48420B

#48420B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.072 H 102.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48420B
RGB	rgb(72, 66, 11)
HSL	hsl(54, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(54, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.57, -4.52, 31.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.57, 32.30, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.41% -0.016 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(37.41% 0.072 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6813, 5.2985, 1.0927)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48420B #0B1148

analogous

#48240B #48420B #30480B

triadic

#48420B #0B4842 #420B48

tetradic

#48420B #0B4824 #0B1148 #480B30

square

#48420B #0B4824 #0B1148 #480B30

split-complementary

#48420B #0B3048 #240B48

monochromatic

#1B1804 #1B1804 #48420B #7D7313 #B2A31B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#48420B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#48420B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48420B

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48420B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48420B	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494002

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B420F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48420b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 66, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.072 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e764f',
    500: '#48420b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48420b;
$custom-light: #7e764f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48420b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37405,
    "c": 0.07177,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48420B

secondary

#2A3384

accent

#4AF038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48420B

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

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