#538B26#538B26

#538B26 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.144 H 134.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B26
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(93, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(93, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -35.95, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 58.21, 128.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% -0.1006 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.144 134.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1495, 20.4435, 5.0865)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B26 #5E268B

analogous

#868B26 #538B26 #268B2B

triadic

#538B26 #26538B #8B2653

tetradic

#538B26 #26868B #5E268B #8B2B26

square

#538B26 #26868B #5E268B #8B2B26

split-complementary

#538B26 #2B268B #8B2686

monochromatic

#1A2B0C #365B19 #538B26 #70BB33 #8FD25A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#538B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#538B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B26

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B26	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.144 134.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad67',
    500: '#538b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b26;
$custom-light: #88ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.267,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B26

secondary

#8C56B7

accent

#47E09C

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B26

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

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