#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
RGBrgb(89, 102, 22)
HSLhsl(70, 65%, 24%)
HSVhsv(70, 78%, 40%)
CMYKcmyk(12.7%, 0%, 78.4%, 60%)
CIE-LABlab(40.71, -16.41, 40.64)
CIE-LCHlch(40.71, 43.82, 111.99°)
OKLaboklab(48.33% -0.049 0.0899)
OKLCHoklch(48.33% 0.102 118.6)
XYZxyz(9.0162, 11.6846, 2.5393)
Luminance0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##5966161.006.293.346.29
#FFFFFF6.291.0021.001.00
#0000003.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.291.0021.001.00

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

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#596616 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva