#596C17#596C17

#596C17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.109 H 121.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C17
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 23)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(73, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 78.7%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -19.56, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 46.41, 114.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% -0.0576 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.109 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.6372, 12.9108, 2.7948)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C17 #2A176C

analogous

#6C5417 #596C17 #2E6C17

triadic

#596C17 #17596C #6C1759

tetradic

#596C17 #176C54 #2A176C #6C172E

square

#596C17 #176C54 #2A176C #6C172E

split-complementary

#596C17 #172E6C #54176C

monochromatic

#151905 #2F3A0C #596C17 #839E22 #ACD12C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C17

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C17	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)

#736505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E665C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.109 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b965b',
    500: '#596c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c17;
$custom-light: #8b965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.412,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49876,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C17

secondary

#533DA2

accent

#40E865

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F1E9

border

#CBCBC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C17

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

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