#538A17#538A17

#538A17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.151 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538A17
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 23)
HSL	hsl(89, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -36.42, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 62.32, 125.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.1029 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.151 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8102, 20.0772, 4.0108)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538A17 #4E178A

analogous

#8A8817 #538A17 #198A17

triadic

#538A17 #17538A #8A1753

tetradic

#538A17 #178A88 #4E178A #8A1719

square

#538A17 #178A88 #4E178A #8A1719

split-complementary

#538A17 #17198A #88178A

monochromatic

#142106 #33560E #538A17 #73BE20 #91DF3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#538A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#538A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538A17

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538A17	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.151 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ac60',
    500: '#538a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538a17;
$custom-light: #89ac60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.696,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57338,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538A17

secondary

#7C3FBE

accent

#3AEE90

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538A17

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

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