#596B29#596B29

#596B29 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.094 H 122.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B29
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 41)
HSL	hsl(76, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 61.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.46, -17.70, 34.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.46, 38.34, 117.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% -0.0506 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.094 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7778, 12.7993, 4.0528)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B29 #3B296B

analogous

#6B5C29 #596B29 #386B29

triadic

#596B29 #29596B #6B2959

tetradic

#596B29 #296B5C #3B296B #6B2938

square

#596B29 #296B5C #3B296B #6B2938

split-complementary

#596B29 #29386B #5C296B

monochromatic

#121608 #343F18 #596B29 #7E973A #9FBD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#596B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#596B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B29

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B29	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)

#716522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.094 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9565',
    500: '#596b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b29;
$custom-light: #8a9565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 44.595,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49787,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B29

secondary

#67529D

accent

#53D477

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B29

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

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