#48440E#48440E

#48440E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.072 H 105.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48440E
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 14)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 80.6%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.23, -5.59, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.23, 31.86, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.94% -0.0186 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(37.94% 0.072 105)
XYZ	xyz(4.8191, 5.5439, 1.2316)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48440E #0E1248

analogous

#48270E #48440E #2F480E

triadic

#48440E #0E4844 #440E48

tetradic

#48440E #0E4827 #0E1248 #480E2F

square

#48440E #0E4827 #0E1248 #480E2F

split-complementary

#48440E #0E2F48 #270E48

monochromatic

#1A1805 #1A1805 #48440E #7B7418 #AEA522

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#48440E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#48440E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48440E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#4B4105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E3F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48440e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.072 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7751',
    500: '#48440e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48440e;
$custom-light: #7d7751;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48440e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37939,
    "c": 0.07179,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.05544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48440E

secondary

#2F3583

accent

#49EA3D

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48440E

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

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