#538D17#538D17

#538D17 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.155 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D17
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 23)
HSL	hsl(89, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -37.73, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 63.79, 126.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.1064 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.155 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2466, 20.9500, 4.1562)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D17 #51178D

analogous

#8D8C17 #538D17 #188D17

triadic

#538D17 #17538D #8D1753

tetradic

#538D17 #178D8C #51178D #8D1718

square

#538D17 #178D8C #51178D #8D1718

split-complementary

#538D17 #17188D #8C178D

monochromatic

#152406 #34580E #538D17 #72C220 #91E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#538D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#538D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D17

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D17	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)

#8B7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.155 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af60',
    500: '#538d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d17;
$custom-light: #89af60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.492,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58133,
    "c": 0.15524,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D17

secondary

#7F40C0

accent

#39EF92

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D17

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

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