#538D23#538D23

#538D23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.149 H 134.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D23
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(93, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(93, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -37.04, 47.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 60.29, 127.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.1038 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.149 134.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.3953, 21.0094, 4.9392)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D23 #5D238D

analogous

#888D23 #538D23 #238D28

triadic

#538D23 #23538D #8D2353

tetradic

#538D23 #23888D #5D238D #8D2823

square

#538D23 #23888D #5D238D #8D2823

split-complementary

#538D23 #28238D #8D2388

monochromatic

#192B0B #365C17 #538D23 #70BE2F #8FD555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#538D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#538D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D23

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D23	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.149 134.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af66',
    500: '#538d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d23;
$custom-light: #88af66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.83,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D23

secondary

#8B53B9

accent

#44E39B

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D23

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

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