#538B32#538B32

#538B32 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.135 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538B32
RGB	rgb(83, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(98, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(98, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -34.91, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 53.65, 130.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0968 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.135 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3753, 20.5338, 6.2757)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538B32 #6A328B

analogous

#808B32 #538B32 #328B3E

triadic

#538B32 #32538B #8B3253

tetradic

#538B32 #32808B #6A328B #8B3E32

square

#538B32 #32808B #6A328B #8B3E32

split-complementary

#538B32 #3E328B #8B3280

monochromatic

#1D3112 #385E22 #538B32 #6EB842 #90CA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#538B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#538B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538B32

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538B32	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.135 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ad6e',
    500: '#538b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538b32;
$custom-light: #88ad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.753,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57816,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538B32

secondary

#9667B2

accent

#51D7A5

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EC

border

#CBCEC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538B32

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

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