#596B48#596B48

#596B48 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.057 H 130.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B48
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 72)
HSL	hsl(91, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(91, 33%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.92, -13.71, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.92, 22.20, 128.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0372 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.057 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5470, 13.1070, 8.1039)
Luminance	0.1311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596B48 #5A486B

analogous

#6A6B48 #596B48 #486B48

triadic

#596B48 #48596B #6B4859

tetradic

#596B48 #486A6B #5A486B #6B4848

square

#596B48 #486A6B #5A486B #6B4848

split-complementary

#596B48 #48486B #6B486A

monochromatic

#1C2217 #3B462F #596B48 #779061 #96AB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80

#596B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B48

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B48	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)

#6E6646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.057 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957b',
    500: '#596b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b48;
$custom-light: #88957b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.857,
    "s": 19.553,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50311,
    "c": 0.05745,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B48

secondary

#887798

accent

#6CBC95

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B48

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

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