#596B1E#596B1E

#596B1E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.103 H 121.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B1E
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 30)
HSL	hsl(74, 56%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 72%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, -18.59, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 43.23, 115.47°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% -0.0542 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.103 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6120, 12.7330, 3.1794)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B1E #301E6B

analogous

#6B571E #596B1E #336B1E

triadic

#596B1E #1E596B #6B1E59

tetradic

#596B1E #1E6B57 #301E6B #6B1E33

square

#596B1E #1E6B57 #301E6B #6B1E33

split-complementary

#596B1E #1E336B #571E6B

monochromatic

#141807 #313B11 #596B1E #819B2B #A7C83B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#596B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#596B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B1E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B1E	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E655C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.103 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a955f',
    500: '#596b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b1e;
$custom-light: #8a955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.026,
    "s": 56.204,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49673,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B1E

secondary

#5A459F

accent

#48DF6C

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B1E

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

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