#596A12#596A12

#596A12 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.110 H 120.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A12
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 18)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(72, 83%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 83%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, -18.75, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 47.09, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% -0.0558 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.11 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3832, 12.4756, 2.4859)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A12 #23126A

analogous

#6A4F12 #596A12 #2D6A12

triadic

#596A12 #12596A #6A1259

tetradic

#596A12 #126A4F #23126A #6A122D

square

#596A12 #126A4F #23126A #6A122D

split-complementary

#596A12 #122D6A #4F126A

monochromatic

#161A04 #2D3609 #596A12 #859E1B #B1D324

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#596A12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#596A12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A12

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A12	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F645A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.110 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9459',
    500: '#596a12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a12;
$custom-light: #8b9459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.591,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49329,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A12

secondary

#4B36A2

accent

#3AEE5D

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A12

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

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