#538E1A#538E1A

#538E1A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.155 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#538E1A
RGBrgb(83, 142, 26)
HSLhsl(91, 69%, 33%)
HSVhsv(91, 82%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(41.5%, 0%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.23, -38.01, 50.87)
CIE-LCHlch(53.23, 63.51, 126.77°)
OKLaboklab(58.41% -0.107 0.1123)
OKLCHoklch(58.41% 0.155 133.6)
XYZxyz(13.4265, 21.2589, 4.3730)
Luminance0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#538E1A #551A8E
analogous
#8D8E1A #538E1A #1A8E1B
triadic
#538E1A #1A538E #8E1A53
tetradic
#538E1A #1A8D8E #551A8E #8E1B1A
square
#538E1A #1A8D8E #551A8E #8E1B1A
split-complementary
#538E1A #1B1A8E #8E1A8D
monochromatic
#172707 #355A11 #538E1A #71C223 #90DD45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00
#538E1A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25
#538E1A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E1A
5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##538E1A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##538E1A1.004.005.255.25
#FFFFFF4.001.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2521.001.001.00
##0000005.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#948200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8C7D27
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#538879
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #538e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.155 133.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af62',
    500: '#538e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #538e1a;
$custom-light: #89af62;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#538e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.517,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58413,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#538E1A
secondary
#8345BE
accent
#3CEC95
background
#F8FAF6
surface
#F0F4EB
border
#CBCEC6
text
#0C1005
muted
#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E1A

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#538E1A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva