#596C16#596C16

#596C16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.110 H 121.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C16
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 22)
HSL	hsl(73, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(73, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 79.6%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -19.61, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 46.75, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% -0.0578 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.11 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6274, 12.9069, 2.7430)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C16 #29166C

analogous

#6C5416 #596C16 #2E6C16

triadic

#596C16 #16596C #6C1659

tetradic

#596C16 #166C54 #29166C #6C162E

square

#596C16 #166C54 #29166C #6C162E

split-complementary

#596C16 #162E6C #54166C

monochromatic

#151905 #2F390C #596C16 #839F20 #ADD22B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596C16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C16

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C16	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736503

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E665C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.110 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b965b',
    500: '#596c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c16;
$custom-light: #8b965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.256,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49869,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C16

secondary

#523CA2

accent

#3FE964

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C16

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

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