#538E2D#538E2D

#538E2D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.143 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E2D
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(96, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(96, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -36.70, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 57.27, 129.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.1021 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.143 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7136, 21.3737, 5.8851)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E2D #682D8E

analogous

#848E2D #538E2D #2D8E38

triadic

#538E2D #2D538E #8E2D53

tetradic

#538E2D #2D848E #682D8E #8E382D

square

#538E2D #2D848E #682D8E #8E382D

split-complementary

#538E2D #382D8E #8E2D84

monochromatic

#1D3110 #38601E #538E2D #6EBC3C #8FCF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#538E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E2D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E2D	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)

#938320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.143 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6b',
    500: '#538e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e2d;
$custom-light: #88af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.495,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E2D

secondary

#9461B5

accent

#4CDBA3

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EB

border

#CBCEC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E2D

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

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