#538C2A#538C2A

#538C2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.143 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538C2A
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(95, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 70%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -36.08, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 57.31, 129.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.1006 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.143 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3630, 20.7617, 5.4933)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538C2A #632A8C

analogous

#848C2A #538C2A #2A8C32

triadic

#538C2A #2A538C #8C2A53

tetradic

#538C2A #2A848C #632A8C #8C322A

square

#538C2A #2A848C #632A8C #8C322A

split-complementary

#538C2A #322A8C #8C2A84

monochromatic

#1B2E0E #375D1C #538C2A #6FBB38 #8FD061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#538C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#538C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538C2A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538C2A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91811C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.143 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ae69',
    500: '#538c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538c2a;
$custom-light: #88ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.898,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538C2A

secondary

#905CB5

accent

#4BDDA0

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538C2A

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

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