#538F16#538F16

#538F16 is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.158 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F16
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(90, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 84.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -38.63, 52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 65.02, 126.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.1089 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.158 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5343, 21.5411, 4.2036)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#538F16 #52168F

analogous

#8F8E16 #538F16 #178F16

triadic

#538F16 #16538F #8F1653

tetradic

#538F16 #168F8E #52168F #8F1617

square

#538F16 #168F8E #52168F #8F1617

split-complementary

#538F16 #16178F #8E168F

monochromatic

#152506 #345A0E #538F16 #72C41E #90E13E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#538F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#538F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F16

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F16	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)

#8D7E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#538979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.158 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b060',
    500: '#538f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f16;
$custom-light: #89b060;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.752,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58657,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F16

secondary

#803FC1

accent

#38F093

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F5EB

border

#CBCFC6

text

#0C1005

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F16

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

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