#596B2B#596B2B

#596B2B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.092 H 122.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B2B
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 43)
HSL	hsl(77, 43%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 59.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.48, -17.51, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.48, 37.38, 117.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% -0.0499 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.092 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.8136, 12.8136, 4.2413)
Luminance	0.1281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B2B #3D2B6B

analogous

#6B5D2B #596B2B #396B2B

triadic

#596B2B #2B596B #6B2B59

tetradic

#596B2B #2B6B5D #3D2B6B #6B2B39

square

#596B2B #2B6B5D #3D2B6B #6B2B39

split-complementary

#596B2B #2B396B #5D2B6B

monochromatic

#121609 #353F19 #596B2B #7D973D #9EBB56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#596B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#596B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B2B

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B2B	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F642F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.092 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9567',
    500: '#596b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b2b;
$custom-light: #8a9567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.875,
    "s": 42.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49811,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B2B

secondary

#69559D

accent

#55D279

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B2B

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

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