#538C2D#538C2D

#538C2D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.141 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538C2D
RGB	rgb(83, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(96, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 67.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -35.82, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 56.18, 129.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0997 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.141 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4187, 20.7839, 5.7868)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538C2D #662D8C

analogous

#838C2D #538C2D #2D8C37

triadic

#538C2D #2D538C #8C2D53

tetradic

#538C2D #2D838C #662D8C #8C372D

square

#538C2D #2D838C #662D8C #8C372D

split-complementary

#538C2D #372D8C #8C2D83

monochromatic

#1C2F0F #385E1E #538C2D #6EBA3C #8FCE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#538C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#538C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538C2D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538C2D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.141 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ae6b',
    500: '#538c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538c2d;
$custom-light: #88ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58028,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538C2D

secondary

#9360B4

accent

#4DDBA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538C2D

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

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