#596D17#596D17

#596D17 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.111 H 122.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D17
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 78.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, -20.08, 42.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 46.91, 115.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% -0.059 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.111 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7433, 13.1230, 2.8301)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D17 #2B176D

analogous

#6D5617 #596D17 #2E6D17

triadic

#596D17 #17596D #6D1759

tetradic

#596D17 #176D56 #2B176D #6D172E

square

#596D17 #176D56 #2B176D #6D172E

split-complementary

#596D17 #172E6D #56176D

monochromatic

#151905 #303A0C #596D17 #82A022 #ACD22C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D17

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D17	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E675D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.111 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b965c',
    500: '#596d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d17;
$custom-light: #8b965c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.953,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50133,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D17

secondary

#553DA3

accent

#40E867

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D17

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

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