#538C16#538C16

#538C16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.154 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538C16
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 22)
HSL	hsl(89, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 84.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -37.34, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 63.55, 125.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.1055 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.154 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.0900, 20.6525, 4.0555)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538C16 #4F168C

analogous

#8C8A16 #538C16 #188C16

triadic

#538C16 #16538C #8C1653

tetradic

#538C16 #168C8A #4F168C #8C1618

square

#538C16 #168C8A #4F168C #8C1618

split-complementary

#538C16 #16188C #8A168C

monochromatic

#142205 #34570E #538C16 #72C11E #91E03C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#538C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#538C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538C16

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538C16	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.154 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ae60',
    500: '#538c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538c16;
$custom-light: #89ae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.983,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57863,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538C16

secondary

#7D3EC0

accent

#38F091

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538C16

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

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