#538D27#538D27

#538D27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.146 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D27
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(94, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(94, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -36.75, 46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 58.92, 128.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.1027 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.146 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4581, 21.0345, 5.2700)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D27 #61278D

analogous

#868D27 #538D27 #278D2E

triadic

#538D27 #27538D #8D2753

tetradic

#538D27 #27868D #61278D #8D2E27

square

#538D27 #27868D #61278D #8D2E27

split-complementary

#538D27 #2E278D #8D2786

monochromatic

#1B2D0C #375D1A #538D27 #6FBD34 #8FD25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#538D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#538D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D27

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D27	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.146 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af68',
    500: '#538d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d27;
$custom-light: #88af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58238,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D27

secondary

#8E59B7

accent

#48E09E

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D27

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

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