#596B46#596B46

#596B46 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.060 H 129.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B46
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 70)
HSL	hsl(89, 21%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(89, 35%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 34.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.89, -14.03, 18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.89, 23.29, 127.06°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0381 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.06 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4828, 13.0813, 7.7658)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B46 #58466B

analogous

#6B6B46 #596B46 #476B46

triadic

#596B46 #46596B #6B4659

tetradic

#596B46 #466B6B #58466B #6B4647

square

#596B46 #466B6B #58466B #6B4647

split-complementary

#596B46 #46476B #6B466B

monochromatic

#1B2116 #3A462E #596B46 #78905E #96AC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#596B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B46

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B46	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.060 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957a',
    500: '#596b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b46;
$custom-light: #88957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.189,
    "s": 20.904,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50268,
    "c": 0.06006,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B46

secondary

#867598

accent

#6ABD93

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B46

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

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