#538E2A#538E2A

#538E2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.146 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E2A
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(95, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -36.95, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 58.38, 129.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.103 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.146 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6579, 21.3514, 5.5916)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E2A #652A8E

analogous

#858E2A #538E2A #2A8E33

triadic

#538E2A #2A538E #8E2A53

tetradic

#538E2A #2A858E #652A8E #8E332A

square

#538E2A #2A858E #652A8E #8E332A

split-complementary

#538E2A #332A8E #8E2A85

monochromatic

#1C300E #375F1C #538E2A #6FBD38 #8FD162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E2A

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E2A	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#93821B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.146 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af69',
    500: '#538e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e2a;
$custom-light: #88af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58527,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E2A

secondary

#925DB6

accent

#4ADEA1

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E2A

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

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