#538F12#538F12

#538F12 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.160 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F12
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 18)
HSL	hsl(89, 78%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(89, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 87.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -38.79, 53.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 65.91, 126.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.1096 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.16 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4987, 21.5269, 4.0160)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F12 #4E128F

analogous

#8F8D12 #538F12 #158F12

triadic

#538F12 #12538F #8F1253

tetradic

#538F12 #128F8D #4E128F #8F1215

square

#538F12 #128F8D #4E128F #8F1215

split-complementary

#538F12 #12158F #8D128F

monochromatic

#142204 #33590B #538F12 #73C519 #91E636

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#538F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#538F12 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F12

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F12	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.160 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b05f',
    500: '#538f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f12;
$custom-light: #89b05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.8,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.15968,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F12

secondary

#7C3AC3

accent

#34F490

background

#F8FAF5

surface

#F0F5EA

border

#CBCFC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F12

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

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