#538D2F#538D2F

#538D2F is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.140 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D2F
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(97, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(97, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -36.09, 42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 55.95, 130.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.1003 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.14 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6049, 21.0933, 6.0433)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D2F #692F8D

analogous

#828D2F #538D2F #2F8D3A

triadic

#538D2F #2F538D #8D2F53

tetradic

#538D2F #2F828D #692F8D #8D3A2F

square

#538D2F #2F828D #692F8D #8D3A2F

split-complementary

#538D2F #3A2F8D #8D2F82

monochromatic

#1D3110 #385F20 #538D2F #6EBB3E #90CD69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#538D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#538D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D2F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D2F	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#928223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.140 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6c',
    500: '#538d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d2f;
$custom-light: #88af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.021,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58311,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D2F

secondary

#9564B4

accent

#4EDAA4

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EC

border

#CBCEC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D2F

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

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