#596A4C#596A4C

#596A4C is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.050 H 132.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A4C
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 76)
HSL	hsl(94, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 28.3%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, -12.48, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 19.36, 130.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.15% -0.0337 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(50.15% 0.05 132)
XYZ	xyz(10.5781, 12.9536, 8.7791)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A4C #5D4C6A

analogous

#686A4C #596A4C #4C6A4E

triadic

#596A4C #4C596A #6A4C59

tetradic

#596A4C #4C686A #5D4C6A #6A4E4C

square

#596A4C #4C686A #5D4C6A #6A4E4C

split-complementary

#596A4C #4E4C6A #6A4C68

monochromatic

#1D2319 #3B4632 #596A4C #778E66 #96A987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#596A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#596A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A4C

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A4C	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.050 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947e',
    500: '#596a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a4c;
$custom-light: #88947e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94,
    "s": 16.484,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50153,
    "c": 0.05038,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.12954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A4C

secondary

#8B7B97

accent

#6FB999

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A4C

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

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