#596B38#596B38

#596B38 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.078 H 125.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B38
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(81, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 47.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, -16.04, 26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 30.79, 121.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0445 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.078 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0913, 12.9247, 5.7037)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B38 #4A386B

analogous

#6B6438 #596B38 #406B38

triadic

#596B38 #38596B #6B3859

tetradic

#596B38 #386B64 #4A386B #6B3840

square

#596B38 #386B64 #4A386B #6B3840

split-complementary

#596B38 #38406B #64386B

monochromatic

#161B0E #384323 #596B38 #7A934D #99B26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#596B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#596B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B38

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B38	1.00	5.86	3.59	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D643B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.078 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899570',
    500: '#596b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b38;
$custom-light: #899570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.176,
    "s": 31.288,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50001,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B38

secondary

#77639B

accent

#60C785

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B38

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

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