#538E2C#538E2C

#538E2C is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.144 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E2C
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(96, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -36.79, 44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 57.64, 129.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.1024 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.144 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6946, 21.3661, 5.7849)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E2C #672C8E

analogous

#848E2C #538E2C #2C8E36

triadic

#538E2C #2C538E #8E2C53

tetradic

#538E2C #2C848E #672C8E #8E362C

square

#538E2C #2C848E #672C8E #8E362C

split-complementary

#538E2C #362C8E #8E2C84

monochromatic

#1C310F #385F1E #538E2C #6EBD3A #8FCF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E2C

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E2C	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)

#93821E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.144 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6b',
    500: '#538e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e2c;
$custom-light: #88af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.122,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58545,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E2C

secondary

#9460B6

accent

#4CDCA3

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E2C

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

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