#538E14#538E14

#538E14 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.158 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E14
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 20)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 85.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -38.29, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 65.00, 126.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.1081 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.158 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3663, 21.2348, 4.0561)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E14 #4F148E

analogous

#8E8C14 #538E14 #168E14

triadic

#538E14 #14538E #8E1453

tetradic

#538E14 #148E8C #4F148E #8E1416

square

#538E14 #148E8C #4F148E #8E1416

split-complementary

#538E14 #14168E #8C148E

monochromatic

#142305 #34580C #538E14 #72C41C #91E339

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#538E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#538E14 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E14

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E14	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.158 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af5f',
    500: '#538e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e14;
$custom-light: #89af5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.016,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58383,
    "c": 0.15771,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E14

secondary

#7D3CC2

accent

#36F291

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F4EA

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E14

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

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