#48480B#48480B

#48480B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.078 H 109.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48480B
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 11)
HSL	hsl(60, 73%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 84.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, -8.17, 33.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 34.73, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38.95% -0.0262 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(38.95% 0.078 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0504, 6.0368, 1.2157)
Luminance	0.0604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48480B #0B0B48

analogous

#482A0B #48480B #2A480B

triadic

#48480B #0B4848 #480B48

tetradic

#48480B #0B482A #0B0B48 #480B2A

square

#48480B #0B482A #0B0B48 #480B2A

split-complementary

#48480B #0B2A48 #2A0B48

monochromatic

#1B1B04 #1B1B04 #48480B #7D7D13 #B2B21B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#48480B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#48480B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48480B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48480B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48480B	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F4610

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E433D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48480b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 11);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.078 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e7a50',
    500: '#48480b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48480b;
$custom-light: #7e7a50;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48480b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 11
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.494,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38948,
    "c": 0.07826,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48480B

secondary

#2A2A84

accent

#38F038

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEDE7

border

#C9C8C3

text

#0A0902

muted

#7C7B78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48480B

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

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