#538D2C#538D2C

#538D2C is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.143 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D2C
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(96, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 68.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -36.35, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 57.10, 129.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.1012 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.143 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.5465, 21.0699, 5.7355)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D2C #662C8D

analogous

#848D2C #538D2C #2C8D36

triadic

#538D2C #2C538D #8D2C53

tetradic

#538D2C #2C848D #662C8D #8D362C

square

#538D2C #2C848D #662C8D #8D362C

split-complementary

#538D2C #362C8D #8D2C84

monochromatic

#1C300F #385E1D #538D2C #6EBC3B #8FCF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#538D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#538D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D2C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D2C	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)

#92821F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.143 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6a',
    500: '#538d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d2c;
$custom-light: #88af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.876,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58282,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D2C

secondary

#9360B5

accent

#4CDCA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D2C

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

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