#48501D#48501D

#48501D is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.074 H 117.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501D
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 29)
HSL	hsl(69, 47%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 63.7%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, -11.62, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 30.63, 112.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% -0.0338 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.074 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.7630, 7.2038, 2.2490)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501D #251D50

analogous

#503F1D #48501D #2F501D

triadic

#48501D #1D4850 #501D48

tetradic

#48501D #1D503F #251D50 #501D2F

square

#48501D #1D503F #251D50 #501D2F

split-complementary

#48501D #1D2F50 #3F1D50

monochromatic

#141608 #20230D #48501D #707D2D #99AA3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#48501D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48501D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48501D	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.074 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c815b',
    500: '#48501d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48501d;
$custom-light: #7c815b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41208,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501D

secondary

#4E4485

accent

#51D666

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501D

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

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