#596A4D#596A4D

#596A4D is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.049 H 132.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A4D
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 77)
HSL	hsl(95, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 27.4%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, -12.31, 14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 18.81, 130.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% -0.0333 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.049 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6132, 12.9676, 8.9636)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A4D #5E4D6A

analogous

#676A4D #596A4D #4D6A4F

triadic

#596A4D #4D596A #6A4D59

tetradic

#596A4D #4D676A #5E4D6A #6A4F4D

square

#596A4D #4D676A #5E4D6A #6A4F4D

split-complementary

#596A4D #4F4D6A #6A4D67

monochromatic

#1D2319 #3B4733 #596A4D #778D67 #96A988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#596A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#596A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A4D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A4D	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D664B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A644E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.049 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88947f',
    500: '#596a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a4d;
$custom-light: #88947f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.172,
    "s": 15.847,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50177,
    "c": 0.04906,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A4D

secondary

#8C7C96

accent

#6FB99A

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A4D

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

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