#595B16#595B16

#595B16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.089 H 111.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#595B16
RGB	rgb(89, 91, 22)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 75.8%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.23, -10.27, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.23, 38.68, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% -0.032 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.089 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0060, 9.6642, 2.2025)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#595B16 #18165B

analogous

#5B3B16 #595B16 #375B16

triadic

#595B16 #16595B #5B1659

tetradic

#595B16 #165B3B #18165B #5B1637

square

#595B16 #165B3B #18165B #5B1637

split-complementary

#595B16 #16375B #3B165B

monochromatic

#181906 #292A0A #595B16 #898C22 #B9BE2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#595B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#595B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #595B16

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##595B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##595B16	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63570A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#63581B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#60554E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #595b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 91, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.089 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a8959',
    500: '#595b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #595b16;
$custom-light: #8a8959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#595b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.739,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45537,
    "c": 0.08876,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#595B16

secondary

#3D3B92

accent

#44E448

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0B04

muted

#7D7C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #595B16

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

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