#596E1B#596E1B

#596E1B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.110 H 122.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E1B
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(75, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 75.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.29, -20.37, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.29, 45.96, 116.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0594 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.11 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8937, 13.3548, 3.0932)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E1B #301B6E

analogous

#6E5A1B #596E1B #306E1B

triadic

#596E1B #1B596E #6E1B59

tetradic

#596E1B #1B6E5A #301B6E #6E1B30

square

#596E1B #1B6E5A #301B6E #6E1B30

split-complementary

#596E1B #1B306E #5A1B6E

monochromatic

#141906 #313D0F #596E1B #819F27 #A7CE36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E1B

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E1B	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75670C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.110 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b975e',
    500: '#596e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e1b;
$custom-light: #8b975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.181,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5042,
    "c": 0.10951,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E1B

secondary

#5A42A3

accent

#44E46C

background

#F8F9F5

surface

#F0F2E9

border

#CBCCC5

text

#0C0D05

muted

#7D7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E1B

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

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