#538F2E#538F2E

#538F2E is a mid, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.144 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#538F2E
RGB	rgb(83, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(97, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(97, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 67.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -37.05, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 57.43, 130.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.103 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.144 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8825, 21.6804, 6.0375)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#538F2E #6A2E8F

analogous

#848F2E #538F2E #2E8F39

triadic

#538F2E #2E538F #8F2E53

tetradic

#538F2E #2E848F #6A2E8F #8F392E

square

#538F2E #2E848F #6A2E8F #8F392E

split-complementary

#538F2E #392E8F #8F2E84

monochromatic

#1D3210 #38611F #538F2E #6EBD3D #90CF69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#538F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#538F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #538F2E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##538F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##538F2E	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#518A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #538f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.144 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b06c',
    500: '#538f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #538f2e;
$custom-light: #88b06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#538f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.113,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58828,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#538F2E

secondary

#9663B6

accent

#4DDBA5

background

#F8FAF6

surface

#F0F5EC

border

#CBCFC7

text

#0C1007

muted

#7D7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #538F2E

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

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