#48440A#48440A

#48440A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.074 H 105.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48440A
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 10)
HSL	hsl(56, 76%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(56, 86%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 86.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, -5.79, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 33.45, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% -0.0196 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.074 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7946, 5.5341, 1.1027)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48440A #0A0E48

analogous

#48250A #48440A #2D480A

triadic

#48440A #0A4844 #440A48

tetradic

#48440A #0A4825 #0A0E48 #480A2D

square

#48440A #0A4825 #0A0E48 #480A2D

split-complementary

#48440A #0A2D48 #250A48

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #48440A #7E7711 #B3AA19

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#48440A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#48440A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48440A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48440A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48440A	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C440F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48440a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 10);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.074 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e774f',
    500: '#48440a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48440a;
$custom-light: #7e774f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48440a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 10
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3791,
    "c": 0.07444,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48440A

secondary

#292F85

accent

#42F236

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48440A

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

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