#538D2D#538D2D

#538D2D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.142 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D2D
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(96, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -36.26, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 56.72, 129.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.1009 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.142 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5655, 21.0775, 5.8357)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D2D #672D8D

analogous

#838D2D #538D2D #2D8D37

triadic

#538D2D #2D538D #8D2D53

tetradic

#538D2D #2D838D #672D8D #8D372D

square

#538D2D #2D838D #672D8D #8D372D

split-complementary

#538D2D #372D8D #8D2D83

monochromatic

#1C300F #385F1E #538D2D #6EBB3C #8FCE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#538D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#538D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D2D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D2D	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.142 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6b',
    500: '#538d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d2d;
$custom-light: #88af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58291,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D2D

secondary

#9461B5

accent

#4DDBA3

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D2D

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

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