#538A23#538A23

#538A23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.145 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538A23
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(92, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(92, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -35.72, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 58.72, 127.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.1002 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.145 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9589, 20.1367, 4.7937)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538A23 #5A238A

analogous

#878A23 #538A23 #238A27

triadic

#538A23 #23538A #8A2353

tetradic

#538A23 #23878A #5A238A #8A2723

square

#538A23 #23878A #5A238A #8A2723

split-complementary

#538A23 #27238A #8A2387

monochromatic

#18280A #365917 #538A23 #70BB2F #8FD454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#538A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#538A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538A23

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538A23	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.145 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ac65',
    500: '#538a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538a23;
$custom-light: #88ac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.039,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57414,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538A23

secondary

#8851B7

accent

#45E399

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538A23

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

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