#48442E#48442E

#48442E is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.035 H 99.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48442E
RGB	rgb(72, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 22%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 36.1%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, -2.32, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 14.16, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% -0.0056 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.035 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2328, 5.7093, 3.4106)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48442E #2E3248

analogous

#48372E #48442E #3F482E

triadic

#48442E #2E4844 #442E48

tetradic

#48442E #2E4837 #2E3248 #482E3F

square

#48442E #2E4837 #2E3248 #482E3F

split-complementary

#48442E #2E3F48 #372E48

monochromatic

#13120C #232116 #48442E #6D6746 #938B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#48442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#48442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48442E

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48442E	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48432C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49442F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C413E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.035 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b7767',
    500: '#48442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48442e;
$custom-light: #7b7767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 22.034,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38426,
    "c": 0.03528,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48442E

secondary

#595E79

accent

#76BF69

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EEEDEB

border

#C9C8C6

text

#090806

muted

#7B7B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48442E

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

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