#596D16#596D16

#596D16 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.111 H 122.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D16
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 22)
HSL	hsl(74, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(74, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 79.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, -20.13, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 47.25, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.0592 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.111 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7334, 13.1190, 2.7783)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D16 #2A166D

analogous

#6D5516 #596D16 #2D6D16

triadic

#596D16 #16596D #6D1659

tetradic

#596D16 #166D55 #2A166D #6D162D

square

#596D16 #166D55 #2A166D #6D162D

split-complementary

#596D16 #162D6D #55166D

monochromatic

#151905 #2F3A0C #596D16 #83A020 #ACD32B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#596D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D16

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D16	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746602

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.111 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b965b',
    500: '#596d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d16;
$custom-light: #8b965b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.793,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50127,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D16

secondary

#533CA3

accent

#3EE966

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D16

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

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