#538B2A#538B2A

#538B2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.142 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B2A
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(95, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(95, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -35.63, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 56.77, 128.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0994 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.142 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2175, 20.4707, 5.4448)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B2A #622A8B

analogous

#838B2A #538B2A #2A8B31

triadic

#538B2A #2A538B #8B2A53

tetradic

#538B2A #2A838B #622A8B #8B312A

square

#538B2A #2A838B #622A8B #8B312A

split-complementary

#538B2A #312A8B #8B2A83

monochromatic

#1B2D0E #375C1C #538B2A #6FBA38 #8FCF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#538B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#538B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B2A

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B2A	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#90801C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.142 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad69',
    500: '#538b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b2a;
$custom-light: #88ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.639,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57737,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B2A

secondary

#8F5CB5

accent

#4BDD9F

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B2A

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

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