#538D37#538D37

#538D37 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.134 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538D37
RGB	rgb(83, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(100, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(100, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 0%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -35.29, 39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 52.72, 132.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0975 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.134 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7814, 21.1639, 6.9726)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538D37 #71378D

analogous

#7E8D37 #538D37 #378D46

triadic

#538D37 #37538D #8D3753

tetradic

#538D37 #377E8D #71378D #8D4637

square

#538D37 #377E8D #71378D #8D4637

split-complementary

#538D37 #46378D #8D377E

monochromatic

#1F3515 #396126 #538D37 #6DB849 #91C975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#538D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#538D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538D37

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538D37	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.134 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87af71',
    500: '#538d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538d37;
$custom-light: #87af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.465,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58399,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538D37

secondary

#9C6EB2

accent

#54D4AA

background

#F8FAF7

surface

#F0F4ED

border

#CBCEC8

text

#0C1008

muted

#7D7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #538D37

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

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