#596A23#596A23

#596A23 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.098 H 121.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A23
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(74, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(74, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 67%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, -17.69, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 40.56, 115.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% -0.0512 0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.098 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5773, 12.5533, 3.5083)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A23 #34236A

analogous

#6A5723 #596A23 #356A23

triadic

#596A23 #23596A #6A2359

tetradic

#596A23 #236A57 #34236A #6A2335

square

#596A23 #236A57 #34236A #6A2335

split-complementary

#596A23 #23356A #57236A

monochromatic

#131708 #323C14 #596A23 #809832 #A4C246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#596A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#596A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A23

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A23	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E655B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.098 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9462',
    500: '#596a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a23;
$custom-light: #8a9462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.366,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49464,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A23

secondary

#5F4B9D

accent

#4EDA6F

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1EA

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A23

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

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