#596B23#596B23

#596B23 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.099 H 122.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B23
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(75, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -18.22, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 41.10, 116.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.72% -0.0527 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(49.72% 0.099 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6810, 12.7606, 3.5428)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B23 #35236B

analogous

#6B5923 #596B23 #356B23

triadic

#596B23 #23596B #6B2359

tetradic

#596B23 #236B59 #35236B #6B2335

square

#596B23 #236B59 #35236B #6B2335

split-complementary

#596B23 #23356B #59236B

monochromatic

#131708 #333D14 #596B23 #7F9932 #A3C246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#596B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#596B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B23

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B23	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E665C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.099 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9562',
    500: '#596b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b23;
$custom-light: #8a9562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4972,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B23

secondary

#604B9E

accent

#4EDA71

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1EA

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B23

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

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