#48523A#48523A

#48523A is a dark, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.040 H 126.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48523A
RGB	rgb(72, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(85, 17%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(85, 29%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 29.3%, 67.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, -8.90, 12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 15.60, 124.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% -0.0239 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.04 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.4534, 7.7178, 5.1519)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48523A #443A52

analogous

#52503A #48523A #3C523A

triadic

#48523A #3A4852 #523A48

tetradic

#48523A #3A5250 #443A52 #523A3C

square

#48523A #3A5250 #443A52 #523A3C

split-complementary

#48523A #3A3C52 #503A52

monochromatic

#10120D #292E21 #48523A #677653 #87986E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#48523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#48523A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #48523A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##48523A	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49504C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.040 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b8270',
    500: '#48523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48523a;
$custom-light: #7b8270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 17.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42259,
    "c": 0.04023,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48523A

secondary

#726682

accent

#6EBA8E

background

#F7F7F6

surface

#EDEEEC

border

#C8C9C7

text

#090A07

muted

#7B7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #48523A

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

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