#538E2E#538E2E

#538E2E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.143 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E2E
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(97, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(97, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -36.62, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 56.89, 130.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.1018 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.143 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7331, 21.3815, 5.9877)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E2E #692E8E

analogous

#838E2E #538E2E #2E8E39

triadic

#538E2E #2E538E #8E2E53

tetradic

#538E2E #2E838E #692E8E #8E392E

square

#538E2E #2E838E #692E8E #8E392E

split-complementary

#538E2E #392E8E #8E2E83

monochromatic

#1D3210 #38601F #538E2E #6EBC3D #90CE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#538E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E2E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E2E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51897A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.143 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6c',
    500: '#538e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e2e;
$custom-light: #88af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E2E

secondary

#9563B5

accent

#4DDBA4

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EC

border

#CBCEC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E2E

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

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