#596B2E#596B2E

#596B2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.089 H 123.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B2E
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 46)
HSL	hsl(78, 40%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 57%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, -17.20, 31.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 35.92, 118.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0487 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.089 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8707, 12.8365, 4.5419)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B2E #402E6B

analogous

#6B5E2E #596B2E #3B6B2E

triadic

#596B2E #2E596B #6B2E59

tetradic

#596B2E #2E6B5E #402E6B #6B2E3B

square

#596B2E #2E6B5E #402E6B #6B2E3B

split-complementary

#596B2E #2E3B6B #5E2E6B

monochromatic

#121509 #35401C #596B2E #7D9640 #9DB85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#596B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#596B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B2E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B2E	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)

#716528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.089 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899569',
    500: '#596b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b2e;
$custom-light: #899569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.705,
    "s": 39.869,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49851,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B2E

secondary

#6C589D

accent

#58D07B

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B2E

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

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