#538B2C#538B2C

#538B2C is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.140 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B2C
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(95, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -35.46, 43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 56.01, 129.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0988 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.14 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2542, 20.4854, 5.6381)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B2C #642C8B

analogous

#828B2C #538B2C #2C8B34

triadic

#538B2C #2C538B #8B2C53

tetradic

#538B2C #2C828B #642C8B #8B342C

square

#538B2C #2C828B #642C8B #8B342C

split-complementary

#538B2C #342C8B #8B2C82

monochromatic

#1B2E0F #375D1D #538B2C #6FB93B #8FCE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#538B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#538B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B2C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B2C	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90801F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.140 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad6a',
    500: '#538b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b2c;
$custom-light: #88ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.368,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57755,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B2C

secondary

#915FB4

accent

#4CDBA1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B2C

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

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