#596A50#596A50

#596A50 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.045 H 134.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596A50
RGB	rgb(89, 106, 80)
HSL	hsl(99, 14%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(99, 25%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 24.5%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, -11.77, 12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 17.19, 133.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0318 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.045 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7215, 13.0109, 9.5344)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596A50 #61506A

analogous

#666A50 #596A50 #506A54

triadic

#596A50 #50596A #6A5059

tetradic

#596A50 #50666A #61506A #6A5450

square

#596A50 #50666A #61506A #6A5450

split-complementary

#596A50 #54506A #6A5066

monochromatic

#1E241B #3C4736 #596A50 #768D6A #96A88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#596A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#596A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596A50

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596A50	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)

#6C664E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 106, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.045 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889481',
    500: '#596a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596a50;
$custom-light: #889481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.231,
    "s": 13.978,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50251,
    "c": 0.04509,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596A50

secondary

#8E8096

accent

#71B79F

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596A50

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

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