#538D14#538D14

#538D14 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.156 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D14
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 20)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 85.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -37.86, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 64.51, 125.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.107 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.156 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.2182, 20.9386, 4.0068)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D14 #4E148D

analogous

#8D8B14 #538D14 #178D14

triadic

#538D14 #14538D #8D1453

tetradic

#538D14 #148D8B #4E148D #8D1417

square

#538D14 #148D8B #4E148D #8D1417

split-complementary

#538D14 #14178D #8B148D

monochromatic

#142205 #33570C #538D14 #73C31C #91E339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#538D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#538D14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D14

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D14	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.156 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af5f',
    500: '#538d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d14;
$custom-light: #89af5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.76,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58118,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D14

secondary

#7C3CC1

accent

#36F290

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D14

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

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