#538A2A#538A2A

#538A2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.140 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538A2A
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(94, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(94, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -35.19, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 56.22, 128.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0982 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.14 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0734, 20.1825, 5.3968)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538A2A #612A8A

analogous

#838A2A #538A2A #2A8A31

triadic

#538A2A #2A538A #8A2A53

tetradic

#538A2A #2A838A #612A8A #8A312A

square

#538A2A #2A838A #612A8A #8A312A

split-complementary

#538A2A #312A8A #8A2A83

monochromatic

#1B2C0D #375B1C #538A2A #6FB938 #8FCF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#538A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#538A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538A2A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538A2A	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.140 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ac69',
    500: '#538a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538a2a;
$custom-light: #88ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57473,
    "c": 0.14015,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538A2A

secondary

#8E5BB4

accent

#4BDD9F

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538A2A

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

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