#538F2A#538F2A

#538F2A is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.147 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F2A
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(96, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 70.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -37.39, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 58.92, 129.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.1042 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.147 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8073, 21.6503, 5.6414)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F2A #662A8F

analogous

#868F2A #538F2A #2A8F34

triadic

#538F2A #2A538F #8F2A53

tetradic

#538F2A #2A868F #662A8F #8F342A

square

#538F2A #2A868F #662A8F #8F342A

split-complementary

#538F2A #342A8F #8F2A86

monochromatic

#1C300E #38601C #538F2A #6EBE38 #8FD162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#538F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#538F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F2A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F2A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#528A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.147 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b06a',
    500: '#538f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f2a;
$custom-light: #88b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.644,
    "s": 54.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58791,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F2A

secondary

#935EB7

accent

#4ADEA2

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F5EB

border

#CBCFC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F2A

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

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