#596B45#596B45

#596B45 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.061 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B45
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 69)
HSL	hsl(88, 22%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(88, 36%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 35.5%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -14.19, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 23.83, 126.55°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% -0.0386 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.061 129)
XYZ	xyz(10.4515, 13.0688, 7.6010)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B45 #57456B

analogous

#6B6A45 #596B45 #466B45

triadic

#596B45 #45596B #6B4559

tetradic

#596B45 #456B6A #57456B #6B4546

square

#596B45 #456B6A #57456B #6B4546

split-complementary

#596B45 #45466B #6A456B

monochromatic

#1B2115 #3A462D #596B45 #78905D #96AC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#596B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#596B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B45

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B45	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.061 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889579',
    500: '#596b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b45;
$custom-light: #889579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 21.591,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50247,
    "c": 0.06136,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.13069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B45

secondary

#857498

accent

#6ABE92

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B45

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

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