#538A2E#538A2E

#538A2E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.137 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538A2E
RGB	rgb(83, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(96, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -34.84, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 54.69, 129.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.097 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.137 135)
XYZ	xyz(13.1486, 20.2126, 5.7928)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538A2E #652E8A

analogous

#818A2E #538A2E #2E8A37

triadic

#538A2E #2E538A #8A2E53

tetradic

#538A2E #2E818A #652E8A #8A372E

square

#538A2E #2E818A #652E8A #8A372E

split-complementary

#538A2E #372E8A #8A2E81

monochromatic

#1C2E0F #375C1F #538A2E #6FB83D #8FCC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#538A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#538A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538A2E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538A2E	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#8F7F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.137 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ac6b',
    500: '#538a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538a2e;
$custom-light: #88ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.87,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57511,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538A2E

secondary

#9261B3

accent

#4EDAA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538A2E

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

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