#48440C#48440C

#48440C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.073 H 105.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48440C
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 12)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 83.3%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, -5.70, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 32.68, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(37.92% -0.0192 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(37.92% 0.073 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8062, 5.5387, 1.1637)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48440C #0C1048

analogous

#48260C #48440C #2E480C

triadic

#48440C #0C4844 #440C48

tetradic

#48440C #0C4826 #0C1048 #480C2E

square

#48440C #0C4826 #0C1048 #480C2E

split-complementary

#48440C #0C2E48 #260C48

monochromatic

#1A1904 #1A1904 #48440C #7C7615 #B1A71D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#48440C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#48440C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48440C

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48440C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48440C	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48440c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.073 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7750',
    500: '#48440c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48440c;
$custom-light: #7d7750;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48440c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37923,
    "c": 0.07318,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48440C

secondary

#2C3284

accent

#46EE3A

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48440C

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