#48520C#48520C

#48520C is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.090 H 117.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48520C
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 12)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(69, 85%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 85.4%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, -13.93, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 38.95, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.58% -0.042 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(41.58% 0.09 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7563, 7.4389, 1.4804)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48520C #160C52

analogous

#52390C #48520C #25520C

triadic

#48520C #0C4852 #520C48

tetradic

#48520C #0C5239 #160C52 #520C25

square

#48520C #0C5239 #160C52 #520C25

split-complementary

#48520C #0C2552 #390C52

monochromatic

#171B04 #191D04 #48520C #778714 #A6BD1C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#48520C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#48520C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48520C

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48520C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48520C	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574D13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48520c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 12);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.090 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e8252',
    500: '#48520c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48520c;
$custom-light: #7e8252;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48520c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 12
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41581,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48520C

secondary

#3A2C8D

accent

#37F151

background

#F7F7F4

surface

#EEEEE7

border

#C9C9C3

text

#0A0A02

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #48520C

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

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