#596B31#596B31

#596B31 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.086 H 123.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B31
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 49)
HSL	hsl(79, 37%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(79, 54%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 54.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.55, -16.88, 29.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.55, 34.41, 119.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% -0.0475 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.086 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9319, 12.8609, 4.8643)
Luminance	0.1286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B31 #43316B

analogous

#6B6031 #596B31 #3C6B31

triadic

#596B31 #31596B #6B3159

tetradic

#596B31 #316B60 #43316B #6B313C

square

#596B31 #316B60 #43316B #6B313C

split-complementary

#596B31 #313C6B #60316B

monochromatic

#13170B #36411E #596B31 #7C9544 #9CB660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#596B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#596B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B31

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B31	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71652C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D665E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.086 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89956b',
    500: '#596b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b31;
$custom-light: #89956b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.621,
    "s": 37.179,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49892,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B31

secondary

#705C9C

accent

#5BCD7E

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EB

border

#CBCBC6

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B31

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

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