#599E16#599E16

#599E16 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.173 H 134.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#599E16
RGB	rgb(89, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -42.83, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 71.23, 126.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.1205 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.173 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4912, 26.6346, 5.0309)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#599E16 #5B169E

analogous

#9D9E16 #599E16 #169E17

triadic

#599E16 #16599E #9E1659

tetradic

#599E16 #169D9E #5B169E #9E1716

square

#599E16 #169D9E #5B169E #9E1716

split-complementary

#599E16 #17169E #9E169D

monochromatic

#1C3307 #3B680F #599E16 #77D41D #96E649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#599E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#599E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #599E16

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##599E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##599E16	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#589786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #599e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.173 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fbb63',
    500: '#599e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #599e16;
$custom-light: #8fbb63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#599e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62915,
    "c": 0.17314,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#599E16

secondary

#8949C7

accent

#36F295

background

#F9FBF6

surface

#F1F6EB

border

#CBD0C6

text

#0D1206

muted

#7E817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #599E16

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

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