#596B37#596B37

#596B37 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.079 H 124.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B37
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(81, 49%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 48.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.63, -16.17, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.63, 31.32, 121.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.045 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.079 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0671, 12.9150, 5.5762)
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

#596B37 #49376B

analogous

#6B6337 #596B37 #3F6B37

triadic

#596B37 #37596B #6B3759

tetradic

#596B37 #376B63 #49376B #6B373F

square

#596B37 #376B63 #49376B #6B373F

split-complementary

#596B37 #373F6B #63376B

monochromatic

#161A0D #374322 #596B37 #7B934C #99B26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#596B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B37

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B37	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)

#706533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E643A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.079 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89956f',
    500: '#596b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b37;
$custom-light: #89956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 32.099,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B37

secondary

#76629B

accent

#60C884

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B37

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

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