#538B1C#538B1C

#538B1C is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.150 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B1C
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 28)
HSL	hsl(90, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(90, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, -36.60, 49.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 61.44, 126.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.1031 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.15 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.0093, 20.3874, 4.3481)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B1C #541C8B

analogous

#8B8B1C #538B1C #1C8B1C

triadic

#538B1C #1C538B #8B1C53

tetradic

#538B1C #1C8B8B #541C8B #8B1C1C

square

#538B1C #1C8B8B #541C8B #8B1C1C

split-complementary

#538B1C #1C1C8B #8B1C8B

monochromatic

#162507 #355812 #538B1C #71BE26 #90DA47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#538B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#538B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B1C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B1C	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.150 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ad62',
    500: '#538b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b1c;
$custom-light: #89ad62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.27,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57631,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B1C

secondary

#8247BC

accent

#3EE995

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B1C

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

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