#48503E#48503E

#48503E is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.031 H 127.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48503E
RGB	rgb(72, 80, 62)
HSL	hsl(87, 13%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(87, 23%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 22.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, -6.98, 9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 11.84, 126.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0186 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.031 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4105, 7.4628, 5.6592)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48503E #463E50

analogous

#504F3E #48503E #3F503E

triadic

#48503E #3E4850 #503E48

tetradic

#48503E #3E504F #463E50 #503E3F

square

#48503E #3E504F #463E50 #503E3F

split-complementary

#48503E #3E3F50 #4F3E50

monochromatic

#10110D #292E23 #48503E #677259 #869475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#48503E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#48503E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48503E

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48503E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48503E	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#514D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#494E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48503e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 80, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.031 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8173',
    500: '#48503e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48503e;
$custom-light: #7b8173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48503e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 12.676,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41851,
    "c": 0.03071,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48503E

secondary

#746B7F

accent

#72B690

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEEEC

border

#C8C9C7

text

#090A08

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #48503E

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

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