#538D2B#538D2B

#538D2B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.143 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D2B
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(96, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 69.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -36.43, 44.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 57.48, 129.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.1015 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.143 135)
XYZ	xyz(13.5279, 21.0625, 5.6377)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D2B #652B8D

analogous

#848D2B #538D2B #2B8D34

triadic

#538D2B #2B538D #8D2B53

tetradic

#538D2B #2B848D #652B8D #8D342B

square

#538D2B #2B848D #652B8D #8D342B

split-complementary

#538D2B #342B8D #8D2B84

monochromatic

#1C2F0E #375E1D #538D2B #6FBC39 #8FCF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#538D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#538D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D2B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D2B	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)

#92821D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.143 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6a',
    500: '#538d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d2b;
$custom-light: #88af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.51,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58273,
    "c": 0.14348,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D2B

secondary

#925EB6

accent

#4BDDA1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D2B

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

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