#596A48#596A48

#596A48 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.056 H 129.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A48
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 72)
HSL	hsl(90, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 32.1%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, -13.16, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 21.53, 127.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0356 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.056 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4434, 12.8997, 8.0693)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596A48 #59486A

analogous

#6A6A48 #596A48 #486A48

triadic

#596A48 #48596A #6A4859

tetradic

#596A48 #486A6A #59486A #6A4848

square

#596A48 #486A6A #59486A #6A4848

split-complementary

#596A48 #48486A #6A486A

monochromatic

#1C2116 #3A462F #596A48 #788E61 #96AA82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#596A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A48

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A48	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B644A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.056 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947b',
    500: '#596a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a48;
$custom-light: #88947b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 19.101,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50061,
    "c": 0.05568,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A48

secondary

#877797

accent

#6CBC94

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A48

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

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