#538E2B#538E2B

#538E2B is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.145 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E2B
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(96, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -36.87, 44.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 58.02, 129.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.1027 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.145 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6760, 21.3587, 5.6871)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E2B #662B8E

analogous

#858E2B #538E2B #2B8E35

triadic

#538E2B #2B538E #8E2B53

tetradic

#538E2B #2B858E #662B8E #8E352B

square

#538E2B #2B858E #662B8E #8E352B

split-complementary

#538E2B #352B8E #8E2B85

monochromatic

#1C300F #385F1D #538E2B #6EBD39 #8FD063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E2B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E2B	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)

#93821D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.145 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6a',
    500: '#538e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e2b;
$custom-light: #88af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.758,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58536,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E2B

secondary

#935FB6

accent

#4BDDA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E2B

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

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