#596A42#596A42

#596A42 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.064 H 127.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A42
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(86, 23%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(86, 38%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 37.7%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -14.10, 20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 24.80, 124.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.93% -0.0385 0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(49.93% 0.064 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.2571, 12.8252, 7.0883)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A42 #53426A

analogous

#6A6742 #596A42 #456A42

triadic

#596A42 #42596A #6A4259

tetradic

#596A42 #426A67 #53426A #6A4245

square

#596A42 #426A67 #53426A #6A4245

split-complementary

#596A42 #42456A #67426A

monochromatic

#1A1F13 #39442B #596A42 #799059 #97AC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#596A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#596A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A42

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A42	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.064 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889477',
    500: '#596a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a42;
$custom-light: #889477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.5,
    "s": 23.256,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49934,
    "c": 0.06352,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A42

secondary

#817098

accent

#68C08D

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0B0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A42

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

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