#596E12#596E12

#596E12 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.115 H 122.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E12
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 18)
HSL	hsl(74, 72%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(74, 84%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 83.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, -20.85, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 49.01, 115.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0615 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.115 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8051, 13.3193, 2.6265)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E12 #27126E

analogous

#6E5512 #596E12 #2B6E12

triadic

#596E12 #12596E #6E1259

tetradic

#596E12 #126E55 #27126E #6E122B

square

#596E12 #126E55 #27126E #6E122B

split-complementary

#596E12 #122B6E #55126E

monochromatic

#151A04 #2E3909 #596E12 #84A31B #AED723

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#596E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#596E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E12

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E12	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E685D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.115 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9759',
    500: '#596e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e12;
$custom-light: #8b9759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50361,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E12

secondary

#5037A5

accent

#39EF63

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D04

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E12

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

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