#538D2E#538D2E

#538D2E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.141 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D2E
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(97, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(97, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -36.17, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 56.34, 129.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.1006 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.141 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.5850, 21.0853, 5.9383)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D2E #682E8D

analogous

#838D2E #538D2E #2E8D39

triadic

#538D2E #2E538D #8D2E53

tetradic

#538D2E #2E838D #682E8D #8D392E

square

#538D2E #2E838D #682E8D #8D392E

split-complementary

#538D2E #392E8D #8D2E83

monochromatic

#1D3110 #385F1F #538D2E #6EBB3D #8FCE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#538D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#538D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D2E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D2E	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)

#928221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.141 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6c',
    500: '#538d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d2e;
$custom-light: #88af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.632,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58301,
    "c": 0.14123,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D2E

secondary

#9462B5

accent

#4EDAA3

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D2E

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

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