#596B39#596B39

#596B39 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.076 H 125.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B39
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 57)
HSL	hsl(82, 30%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(82, 47%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 46.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.66, -15.91, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.66, 30.27, 121.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0441 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.076 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1160, 12.9346, 5.8338)
Luminance	0.1293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B39 #4B396B

analogous

#6B6439 #596B39 #406B39

triadic

#596B39 #39596B #6B3959

tetradic

#596B39 #396B64 #4B396B #6B3940

square

#596B39 #396B64 #4B396B #6B3940

split-complementary

#596B39 #39406B #64396B

monochromatic

#171B0E #384324 #596B39 #7A934E #99B16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#596B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#596B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B39

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B39	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C675F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.076 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899570',
    500: '#596b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b39;
$custom-light: #899570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.6,
    "s": 30.488,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50018,
    "c": 0.07636,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B39

secondary

#78659B

accent

#61C786

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B39

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

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