Exploring the Color #597B17

#597B17 sits at 80° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 68% saturation and 29% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 89, 123, 23 produces a 4.92:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #597B17 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 29 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for chartreuse hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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