#538B2D#538B2D

#538B2D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.139 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B2D
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(96, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -35.38, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 55.63, 129.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0985 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.139 135)
XYZ	xyz(13.2733, 20.4930, 5.7383)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B2D #652D8B

analogous

#828B2D #538B2D #2D8B36

triadic

#538B2D #2D538B #8B2D53

tetradic

#538B2D #2D828B #652D8B #8B362D

square

#538B2D #2D828B #652D8B #8B362D

split-complementary

#538B2D #362D8B #8B2D82

monochromatic

#1C2F0F #375D1E #538B2D #6FB93C #8FCD65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#538B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#538B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B2D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B2D	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)

#908021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.139 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad6b',
    500: '#538b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b2d;
$custom-light: #88ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.745,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57765,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B2D

secondary

#9260B4

accent

#4DDBA1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B2D

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

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