#538B16#538B16

#538B16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.153 H 132.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#538B16
RGBrgb(83, 139, 22)
HSLhsl(89, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(89, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(40.3%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.24, -36.90, 51.14)
CIE-LCHlch(52.24, 63.06, 125.82°)
OKLaboklab(57.6% -0.1043 0.1122)
OKLCHoklch(57.6% 0.153 132.9)
XYZxyz(12.9445, 20.3615, 4.0070)
Luminance0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#538B16 #4E168B
analogous
#8B8916 #538B16 #198B16
triadic
#538B16 #16538B #8B1653
tetradic
#538B16 #168B89 #4E168B #8B1619
square
#538B16 #168B89 #4E168B #8B1619
split-complementary
#538B16 #16198B #89168B
monochromatic
#142105 #33560E #538B16 #73C01E #91E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14
#538B16 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07
#538B16 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B16
5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##538B16#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##538B161.004.145.075.07
#FFFFFF4.141.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0721.001.001.00
##0000005.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#917F00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#897B24
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#538576
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #538b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.153 132.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ad60',
    500: '#538b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #538b16;
$custom-light: #89ad60;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#538b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.718,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57598,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#538B16
secondary
#7C3EBF
accent
#38EF90
background
#F8FAF5
surface
#F0F4EA
border
#CBCEC6
text
#0C1005
muted
#7D7F79

Preview Lab

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#538B16 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva