#596A4A#596A4A

#596A4A is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.053 H 130.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A4A
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 74)
HSL	hsl(92, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(92, 30%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 30.2%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, -12.82, 15.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 20.44, 128.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.0347 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.053 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5097, 12.9262, 8.4185)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A4A #5B4A6A

analogous

#696A4A #596A4A #4A6A4B

triadic

#596A4A #4A596A #6A4A59

tetradic

#596A4A #4A696A #5B4A6A #6A4B4A

square

#596A4A #4A696A #5B4A6A #6A4B4A

split-complementary

#596A4A #4B4A6A #6A4A69

monochromatic

#1C2218 #3B4631 #596A4A #778E63 #96AA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#596A4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A4A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A4A	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.053 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947c',
    500: '#596a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a4a;
$custom-light: #88947c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.875,
    "s": 17.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50107,
    "c": 0.05304,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A4A

secondary

#897997

accent

#6DBA96

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A4A

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

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