#596A4F#596A4F

#596A4F is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.046 H 134.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A4F
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 79)
HSL	hsl(98, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(98, 25%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 25.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.76, -11.95, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.76, 17.73, 132.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% -0.0323 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.046 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6849, 12.9963, 9.3412)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596A4F #604F6A

analogous

#676A4F #596A4F #4F6A53

triadic

#596A4F #4F596A #6A4F59

tetradic

#596A4F #4F676A #604F6A #6A534F

square

#596A4F #4F676A #604F6A #6A534F

split-complementary

#596A4F #534F6A #6A4F67

monochromatic

#1E241B #3C4735 #596A4F #768D69 #96A88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#596A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#596A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A4F

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A4F	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C664D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.046 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889480',
    500: '#596a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a4f;
$custom-light: #889480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.778,
    "s": 14.595,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50226,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A4F

secondary

#8D7E96

accent

#70B79D

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A4F

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

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