#538D32#538D32

#538D32 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.138 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D32
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(98, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(98, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -35.80, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 54.77, 130.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0993 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.138 136)
XYZ	xyz(13.6675, 21.1183, 6.3731)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D32 #6C328D

analogous

#808D32 #538D32 #328D3F

triadic

#538D32 #32538D #8D3253

tetradic

#538D32 #32808D #6C328D #8D3F32

square

#538D32 #32808D #6C328D #8D3F32

split-complementary

#538D32 #3F328D #8D3280

monochromatic

#1E3312 #386022 #538D32 #6EBA42 #90CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#538D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#538D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D32

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D32	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)

#928227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.138 136.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6e',
    500: '#538d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d32;
$custom-light: #88af6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.242,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58342,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.21119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D32

secondary

#9868B3

accent

#51D7A6

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EC

border

#CBCEC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D32

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

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