#596616#596616

#596616 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.102 H 118.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596616
RGB	rgb(89, 102, 22)
HSL	hsl(70, 65%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 78.4%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, -16.41, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 43.82, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% -0.049 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.102 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.0162, 11.6846, 2.5393)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596616 #231666

analogous

#664B16 #596616 #316616

triadic

#596616 #165966 #661659

tetradic

#596616 #16664B #231666 #661631

square

#596616 #16664B #231666 #661631

split-complementary

#596616 #163166 #4B1666

monochromatic

#161905 #2D340B #596616 #859821 #B1CB2C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#596616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#596616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596616

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596616	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6005

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F6057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 102, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.102 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b915a',
    500: '#596616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596616;
$custom-light: #8b915a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.75,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48327,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596616

secondary

#4B3B9D

accent

#40E85B

background

#F8F8F5

surface

#F0F0E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0C04

muted

#7D7D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596616

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

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