#48501E#48501E

#48501E is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.073 H 117.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501E
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 30)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 62.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.28, -11.52, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.28, 30.12, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% -0.0334 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.073 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.7756, 7.2088, 2.3152)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501E #261E50

analogous

#503F1E #48501E #2F501E

triadic

#48501E #1E4850 #501E48

tetradic

#48501E #1E503F #261E50 #501E2F

square

#48501E #1E503F #261E50 #501E2F

split-complementary

#48501E #1E2F50 #3F1E50

monochromatic

#141608 #20230D #48501E #707D2F #98A93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#48501E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#554C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#554C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.073 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c815c',
    500: '#48501e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48501e;
$custom-light: #7c815c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41221,
    "c": 0.07275,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501E

secondary

#4F4585

accent

#53D568

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501E

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

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