#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
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 26)
HSL	hsl(91, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(91, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -38.01, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 63.51, 126.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.107 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.155 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4265, 21.2589, 4.3730)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##538E1A	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)

#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

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

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