#595231#595231

#595231 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.050 H 97.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#595231
RGB	rgb(89, 82, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 29%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(50, 45%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 44.9%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.76, -2.53, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.76, 20.55, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0067 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.05 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6917, 8.3804, 4.1176)
Luminance	0.0838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#595231 #313859

analogous

#593E31 #595231 #4C5931

triadic

#595231 #315952 #523159

tetradic

#595231 #31593E #313859 #59314C

square

#595231 #31593E #313859 #59314C

split-complementary

#595231 #314C59 #3E3159

monochromatic

#14120B #322E1B #595231 #807647 #A69A5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.85

#595231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#595231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #595231

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##595231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##595231	1.00	7.85	2.68	7.85
#FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #595231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 82, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.050 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#898269',
    500: '#595231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #595231;
$custom-light: #898269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#595231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 28.986,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43674,
    "c": 0.05019,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#595231

secondary

#5C648A

accent

#74C563

background

#F8F7F6

surface

#F0EEEB

border

#CBC9C6

text

#0B0A06

muted

#7C7C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #595231

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

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