#538D15#538D15

#538D15 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.156 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D15
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 21)
HSL	hsl(89, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -37.82, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 64.28, 126.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.1068 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.156 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.2273, 20.9422, 4.0546)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D15 #4F158D

analogous

#8D8B15 #538D15 #178D15

triadic

#538D15 #15538D #8D1553

tetradic

#538D15 #158D8B #4F158D #8D1517

square

#538D15 #158D8B #4F158D #8D1517

split-complementary

#538D15 #15178D #8B158D

monochromatic

#142205 #34580D #538D15 #72C21D #91E23B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#538D15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#538D15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D15

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D15	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)

#8B7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.156 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af5f',
    500: '#538d15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d15;
$custom-light: #89af5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58123,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D15

secondary

#7D3DC1

accent

#37F191

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D15

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

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