#48450B#48450B

#48450B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.075 H 106.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48450B
RGB	rgb(72, 69, 11)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(57, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.53, -6.36, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.53, 33.48, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% -0.0211 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.075 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8612, 5.6583, 1.1526)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48450B #0B0E48

analogous

#48270B #48450B #2D480B

triadic

#48450B #0B4845 #450B48

tetradic

#48450B #0B4827 #0B0E48 #480B2D

square

#48450B #0B4827 #0B0E48 #480B2D

split-complementary

#48450B #0B2D48 #270B48

monochromatic

#1B1904 #1B1904 #48450B #7D7813 #B2AB1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#48450B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#48450B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48450B

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48450B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48450B	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4410

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E403A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48450b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 69, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.075 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7850',
    500: '#48450b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48450b;
$custom-light: #7e7850;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48450b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38173,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48450B

secondary

#2A2F84

accent

#41F038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0802

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48450B

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

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