#596B47#596B47

#596B47 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.059 H 129.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B47
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 71)
HSL	hsl(90, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(90, 34%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 33.6%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.90, -13.87, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.90, 22.75, 127.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% -0.0377 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.059 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5147, 13.0940, 7.9335)
Luminance	0.1309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B47 #59476B

analogous

#6B6B47 #596B47 #476B47

triadic

#596B47 #47596B #6B4759

tetradic

#596B47 #476B6B #59476B #6B4747

square

#596B47 #476B6B #59476B #6B4747

split-complementary

#596B47 #47476B #6B476B

monochromatic

#1C2116 #3A462F #596B47 #78905F #96AB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#596B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B47

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B47	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.059 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957a',
    500: '#596b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b47;
$custom-light: #88957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 20.225,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50289,
    "c": 0.05875,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B47

secondary

#877698

accent

#6BBD94

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1ED

border

#CBCBC8

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B47

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

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