#48440B#48440B

#48440B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.074 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48440B
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 11)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(56, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, -5.75, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 33.07, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% -0.0194 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.074 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8002, 5.5363, 1.1323)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48440B #0B0F48

analogous

#48260B #48440B #2E480B

triadic

#48440B #0B4844 #440B48

tetradic

#48440B #0B4826 #0B0F48 #480B2E

square

#48440B #0B4826 #0B0F48 #480B2E

split-complementary

#48440B #0B2E48 #260B48

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #48440B #7D7613 #B2A81B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#48440B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#48440B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48440B

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48440B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48440B	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)

#4B4102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C440F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48440b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.074 105.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48440b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37916,
    "c": 0.07383,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48440B

secondary

#2A3084

accent

#44F038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48440B

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

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