#538221#538221

#538221 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.136 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538221
RGB	rgb(83, 130, 33)
HSL	hsl(89, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.2%, 0%, 74.6%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, -32.26, 44.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 55.19, 125.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% -0.091 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.136 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8243, 17.9136, 4.2732)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538221 #502182

analogous

#828121 #538221 #238221

triadic

#538221 #215382 #822153

tetradic

#538221 #218281 #502182 #822123

square

#538221 #218281 #502182 #822123

split-complementary

#538221 #212382 #812182

monochromatic

#152008 #345115 #538221 #72B32D #91D24C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#538221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#538221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538221

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538221	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88780F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#547C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 130, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.136 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87a663',
    500: '#538221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538221;
$custom-light: #87a663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.072,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55286,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538221

secondary

#7E4AB4

accent

#45E391

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C0F06

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538221

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

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