#538B27#538B27

#538B27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.144 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B27
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(94, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(94, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -35.87, 45.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 57.86, 128.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.1003 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.144 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1659, 20.4501, 5.1726)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B27 #5F278B

analogous

#858B27 #538B27 #278B2D

triadic

#538B27 #27538B #8B2753

tetradic

#538B27 #27858B #5F278B #8B2D27

square

#538B27 #27858B #5F278B #8B2D27

split-complementary

#538B27 #2D278B #8B2785

monochromatic

#1A2B0C #365B1A #538B27 #70BB34 #8FD15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#538B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#538B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B27

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B27	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)

#908017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.144 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad67',
    500: '#538b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b27;
$custom-light: #88ad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5771,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B27

secondary

#8D58B6

accent

#48DF9D

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B27

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

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