#48481D#48481D

#48481D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.063 H 109.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48481D
RGB	rgb(72, 72, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(60, 60%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.7%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, -6.88, 25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 26.31, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(39.13% -0.0204 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(39.13% 0.063 109)
XYZ	xyz(5.2118, 6.1013, 2.0653)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48481D #1D1D48

analogous

#48331D #48481D #33481D

triadic

#48481D #1D4848 #481D48

tetradic

#48481D #1D4833 #1D1D48 #481D33

square

#48481D #1D4833 #1D1D48 #481D33

split-complementary

#48481D #1D3348 #331D48

monochromatic

#161609 #1C1C0B #48481D #74742F #9F9F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#48481D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#48481D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48481D

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48481D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48481D	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4519

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E471F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D443E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48481d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 72, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.063 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7a5a',
    500: '#48481d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48481d;
$custom-light: #7c7a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48481d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.574,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39129,
    "c": 0.0627,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48481D

secondary

#44447D

accent

#55D255

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEDE9

border

#C9C8C5

text

#0A0904

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48481D

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

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