#596B36#596B36

#596B36 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.080 H 124.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B36
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 54)
HSL	hsl(80, 33%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(80, 50%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 49.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.62, -16.29, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.62, 31.84, 120.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% -0.0454 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.08 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.0434, 12.9055, 5.4512)
Luminance	0.1291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B36 #48366B

analogous

#6B6336 #596B36 #3F6B36

triadic

#596B36 #36596B #6B3659

tetradic

#596B36 #366B63 #48366B #6B363F

square

#596B36 #366B63 #48366B #6B363F

split-complementary

#596B36 #363F6B #63366B

monochromatic

#151A0D #374221 #596B36 #7B944B #9AB368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B36

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B36	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.080 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89956e',
    500: '#596b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b36;
$custom-light: #89956e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.377,
    "s": 32.919,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49969,
    "c": 0.0799,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B36

secondary

#75619C

accent

#5FC983

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B36

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

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