#48460B#48460B

#48460B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.076 H 107.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48460B
RGB	rgb(72, 70, 11)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(58, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, -6.96, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 33.89, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% -0.0228 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.076 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9232, 5.7824, 1.1733)
Luminance	0.0578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48460B #0B0D48

analogous

#48280B #48460B #2C480B

triadic

#48460B #0B4846 #460B48

tetradic

#48460B #0B4828 #0B0D48 #480B2C

square

#48460B #0B4828 #0B0D48 #480B2C

split-complementary

#48460B #0B2C48 #280B48

monochromatic

#1B1A04 #1B1A04 #48460B #7D7A13 #B2AD1B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#48460B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#48460B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48460B

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48460B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48460B	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E4510

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E413B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48460b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 70, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.076 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7950',
    500: '#48460b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48460b;
$custom-light: #7e7950;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48460b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38431,
    "c": 0.076,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48460B

secondary

#2A2D84

accent

#3EF038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48460B

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

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