#596B27#596B27

#596B27 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.096 H 122.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B27
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 63.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -17.88, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 39.28, 117.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% -0.0513 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.096 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.7438, 12.7857, 3.8736)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B27 #39276B

analogous

#6B5B27 #596B27 #376B27

triadic

#596B27 #27596B #6B2759

tetradic

#596B27 #276B5B #39276B #6B2737

square

#596B27 #276B5B #39276B #6B2737

split-complementary

#596B27 #27376B #5B276B

monochromatic

#131608 #343E17 #596B27 #7E9837 #A1BE4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#596B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#596B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B27

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B27	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71651F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.096 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9564',
    500: '#596b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b27;
$custom-light: #8a9564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.882,
    "s": 46.575,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49763,
    "c": 0.09567,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B27

secondary

#65509E

accent

#52D675

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B27

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

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