#538E27#538E27

#538E27 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.148 H 134.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E27
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(94, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(94, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -37.19, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 59.45, 128.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.1039 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.148 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.6062, 21.3308, 5.3194)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538E27 #62278E

analogous

#868E27 #538E27 #278E2E

triadic

#538E27 #27538E #8E2753

tetradic

#538E27 #27868E #62278E #8E2E27

square

#538E27 #27868E #62278E #8E2E27

split-complementary

#538E27 #2E278E #8E2786

monochromatic

#1B2E0D #375E1A #538E27 #6FBE34 #8FD25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#538E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E27

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E27	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.148 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af68',
    500: '#538e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e27;
$custom-light: #88af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.369,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58502,
    "c": 0.14762,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E27

secondary

#8F59B8

accent

#48E09F

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E27

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

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