#48501B#48501B

#48501B is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.076 H 117.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501B
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 27)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 66.3%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, -11.79, 29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 31.63, 111.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% -0.0345 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.076 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7391, 7.1942, 2.1230)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501B #231B50

analogous

#503D1B #48501B #2D501B

triadic

#48501B #1B4850 #501B48

tetradic

#48501B #1B503D #231B50 #501B2D

square

#48501B #1B503D #231B50 #501B2D

split-complementary

#48501B #1B2D50 #3D1B50

monochromatic

#151708 #1F220C #48501B #717E2A #9AAC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#48501B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48501B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48501B	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)

#564C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.076 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d815a',
    500: '#48501b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48501b;
$custom-light: #7d815a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41184,
    "c": 0.07577,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501B

secondary

#4B4186

accent

#4FD964

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501B

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

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