#48442C#48442C

#48442C is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.038 H 99.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48442C
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 38.9%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, -2.61, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 15.40, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% -0.0065 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.038 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1943, 5.6939, 3.2078)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48442C #2C3048

analogous

#48362C #48442C #3E482C

triadic

#48442C #2C4844 #442C48

tetradic

#48442C #2C4836 #2C3048 #482C3E

square

#48442C #2C4836 #2C3048 #482C3E

split-complementary

#48442C #2C3E48 #362C48

monochromatic

#13120C #222015 #48442C #6E6843 #948C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#48442C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#48442C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48442C

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48442C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48442C	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48432A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A442D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48442c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.038 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7765',
    500: '#48442c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48442c;
$custom-light: #7b7765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48442c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38381,
    "c": 0.03817,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48442C

secondary

#565B79

accent

#74C167

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090805

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48442C

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

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