#538E32#538E32

#538E32 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.139 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538E32
RGB	rgb(83, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(98, 48%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(98, 65%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 64.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -36.24, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 55.33, 130.93°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.1005 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.139 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8156, 21.4145, 6.4224)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538E32 #6D328E

analogous

#818E32 #538E32 #328E3F

triadic

#538E32 #32538E #8E3253

tetradic

#538E32 #32818E #6D328E #8E3F32

square

#538E32 #32818E #6D328E #8E3F32

split-complementary

#538E32 #3F328E #8E3281

monochromatic

#1E3312 #396122 #538E32 #6DBB42 #90CC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#538E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#538E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538E32

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538E32	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)

#938327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51897B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.139 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88af6e',
    500: '#538e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538e32;
$custom-light: #88af6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.478,
    "s": 47.917,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58605,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538E32

secondary

#9968B4

accent

#50D8A7

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F4EC

border

#CBCEC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538E32

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

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