#538E23#538E23

#538E23 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.150 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E23
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(93, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(93, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 75.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -37.47, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 60.81, 128.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.105 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.15 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5434, 21.3056, 4.9886)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E23 #5E238E

analogous

#898E23 #538E23 #238E28

triadic

#538E23 #23538E #8E2353

tetradic

#538E23 #23898E #5E238E #8E2823

square

#538E23 #23898E #5E238E #8E2823

split-complementary

#538E23 #28238E #8E2389

monochromatic

#1A2C0B #365D17 #538E23 #70BF2F #8FD556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#538E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#538E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E23

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E23	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.150 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89af66',
    500: '#538e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e23;
$custom-light: #89af66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.084,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58471,
    "c": 0.15018,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E23

secondary

#8C53B9

accent

#44E49C

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E23

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

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