#538E16#538E16

#538E16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.157 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E16
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(90, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 84.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -38.20, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 64.53, 126.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.1078 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.157 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3849, 21.2422, 4.1538)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E16 #51168E

analogous

#8E8D16 #538E16 #178E16

triadic

#538E16 #16538E #8E1653

tetradic

#538E16 #168E8D #51168E #8E1617

square

#538E16 #168E8D #51168E #8E1617

split-complementary

#538E16 #16178E #8D168E

monochromatic

#152406 #34590E #538E16 #72C31E #91E13D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#538E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#538E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E16

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E16	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)

#8C7D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.157 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af60',
    500: '#538e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e16;
$custom-light: #89af60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58393,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E16

secondary

#7F3FC1

accent

#38F092

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E16

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

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