#48501A#48501A

#48501A is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.077 H 117.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501A
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 26)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 67.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.23, -11.88, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.23, 32.12, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(41.17% -0.0349 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.17% 0.077 117)
XYZ	xyz(5.7277, 7.1897, 2.0631)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501A #221A50

analogous

#503D1A #48501A #2D501A

triadic

#48501A #1A4850 #501A48

tetradic

#48501A #1A503D #221A50 #501A2D

square

#48501A #1A503D #221A50 #501A2D

split-complementary

#48501A #1A2D50 #3D1A50

monochromatic

#151708 #1E220B #48501A #727E29 #9BAC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#48501A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501A

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48501A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48501A	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.077 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d8159',
    500: '#48501a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48501a;
$custom-light: #7d8159;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41172,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.0719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501A

secondary

#4A4086

accent

#4DDA62

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501A

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

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