#538F2D#538F2D

#538F2D is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.145 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F2D
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(97, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(97, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 68.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -37.14, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 57.81, 129.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.1033 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.145 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8631, 21.6726, 5.9349)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F2D #692D8F

analogous

#848F2D #538F2D #2D8F38

triadic

#538F2D #2D538F #8F2D53

tetradic

#538F2D #2D848F #692D8F #8F382D

square

#538F2D #2D848F #692D8F #8F382D

split-complementary

#538F2D #382D8F #8F2D84

monochromatic

#1D3210 #38601E #538F2D #6EBE3C #90CF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#538F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#538F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F2D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F2D	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)

#94831F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.145 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b06b',
    500: '#538f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f2d;
$custom-light: #88b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.735,
    "s": 52.128,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58818,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F2D

secondary

#9562B6

accent

#4CDCA4

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F5EB

border

#CBCFC6

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F2D

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

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