#48501F#48501F

#48501F is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.072 H 117.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48501F
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 31)
HSL	hsl(70, 44%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 61.2%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, -11.42, 27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 29.60, 112.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% -0.033 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.072 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.7886, 7.2140, 2.3836)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48501F #271F50

analogous

#50401F #48501F #30501F

triadic

#48501F #1F4850 #501F48

tetradic

#48501F #1F5040 #271F50 #501F30

square

#48501F #1F5040 #271F50 #501F30

split-complementary

#48501F #1F3050 #401F50

monochromatic

#141609 #20240E #48501F #707C30 #97A841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#48501F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#48501F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48501F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#554C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#544C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C4C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48501f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.072 117.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48501f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41234,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48501F

secondary

#504685

accent

#54D469

background

#F7F7F5

surface

#EEEEE9

border

#C9C9C5

text

#0A0A04

muted

#7C7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #48501F

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

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