#596B17#596B17

#596B17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.108 H 121.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B17
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(73, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 78.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, -19.03, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 45.91, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% -0.0561 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.108 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5323, 12.7011, 2.7598)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B17 #29176B

analogous

#6B5317 #596B17 #2F6B17

triadic

#596B17 #17596B #6B1759

tetradic

#596B17 #176B53 #29176B #6B172F

square

#596B17 #176B53 #29176B #6B172F

split-complementary

#596B17 #172F6B #53176B

monochromatic

#151905 #2F390C #596B17 #839D22 #ADD02D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#596B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#596B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B17

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B17	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726405

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E655B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.108 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b955b',
    500: '#596b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b17;
$custom-light: #8b955b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49618,
    "c": 0.10818,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B17

secondary

#523DA1

accent

#40E864

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B17

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

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