#596B2D#596B2D

#596B2D is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.090 H 123.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B2D
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 45)
HSL	hsl(77, 41%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(77, 58%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, -17.31, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 36.41, 118.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% -0.0491 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.09 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8512, 12.8287, 4.4393)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B2D #3F2D6B

analogous

#6B5E2D #596B2D #3A6B2D

triadic

#596B2D #2D596B #6B2D59

tetradic

#596B2D #2D6B5E #3F2D6B #6B2D3A

square

#596B2D #2D6B5E #3F2D6B #6B2D3A

split-complementary

#596B2D #2D3A6B #5E2D6B

monochromatic

#121609 #35401B #596B2D #7D963F #9DB959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#596B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#596B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B2D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B2D	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.090 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899568',
    500: '#596b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b2d;
$custom-light: #899568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 40.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49837,
    "c": 0.08977,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B2D

secondary

#6B579D

accent

#57D17A

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B2D

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

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