#48501C#48501C

#48501C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.075 H 117.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501C
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 28)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 65%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.26, -11.71, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.26, 31.13, 112.09°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% -0.0341 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.075 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7508, 7.1989, 2.1850)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501C #241C50

analogous

#503E1C #48501C #2E501C

triadic

#48501C #1C4850 #501C48

tetradic

#48501C #1C503E #241C50 #501C2E

square

#48501C #1C503E #241C50 #501C2E

split-complementary

#48501C #1C2E50 #3E1C50

monochromatic

#141708 #1F230C #48501C #717D2C #9AAB3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#48501C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501C

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#554C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.075 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d815b',
    500: '#48501c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48501c;
$custom-light: #7d815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41196,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501C

secondary

#4D4286

accent

#50D865

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501C

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

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