#538E28#538E28

#538E28 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.147 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E28
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(95, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 71.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -37.11, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 59.10, 128.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.1036 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.147 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6230, 21.3375, 5.4078)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E28 #63288E

analogous

#868E28 #538E28 #288E30

triadic

#538E28 #28538E #8E2853

tetradic

#538E28 #28868E #63288E #8E3028

square

#538E28 #28868E #63288E #8E3028

split-complementary

#538E28 #30288E #8E2886

monochromatic

#1B2F0D #375E1B #538E28 #6FBE35 #8FD25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#538E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E28

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E28	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)

#938218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52887A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.147 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af68',
    500: '#538e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e28;
$custom-light: #88af68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.706,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5851,
    "c": 0.14694,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E28

secondary

#905BB7

accent

#48DFA0

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1006

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E28

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

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