#596A49#596A49

#596A49 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.054 H 130.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A49
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 73)
HSL	hsl(91, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(91, 31%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 31.1%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -12.99, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 20.99, 128.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% -0.0352 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.054 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4763, 12.9128, 8.2425)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596A49 #5A496A

analogous

#6A6A49 #596A49 #496A49

triadic

#596A49 #49596A #6A4959

tetradic

#596A49 #496A6A #5A496A #6A4949

square

#596A49 #496A6A #5A496A #6A4949

split-complementary

#596A49 #49496A #6A496A

monochromatic

#1C2217 #3B4630 #596A49 #778E62 #96AA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A49

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A49	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.054 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947c',
    500: '#596a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a49;
$custom-light: #88947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.909,
    "s": 18.436,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50084,
    "c": 0.05436,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A49

secondary

#887897

accent

#6DBB95

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A49

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

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