#538B2E#538B2E

#538B2E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.138 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B2E
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(96, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -35.29, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 55.24, 129.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0982 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.138 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2927, 20.5008, 5.8409)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B2E #662E8B

analogous

#828B2E #538B2E #2E8B38

triadic

#538B2E #2E538B #8B2E53

tetradic

#538B2E #2E828B #662E8B #8B382E

square

#538B2E #2E828B #662E8B #8B382E

split-complementary

#538B2E #382E8B #8B2E82

monochromatic

#1C2F10 #385D1F #538B2E #6EB93D #8FCD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#538B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#538B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B2E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B2E	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)

#908022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.138 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad6b',
    500: '#538b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b2e;
$custom-light: #88ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.129,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57775,
    "c": 0.13849,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B2E

secondary

#9361B3

accent

#4EDAA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B2E

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

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