#596B49#596B49

#596B49 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.056 H 130.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B49
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(92, 19%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(92, 32%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 31.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.94, -13.55, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.94, 21.66, 128.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% -0.0367 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.056 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5799, 13.1201, 8.2771)
Luminance	0.1312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B49 #5B496B

analogous

#6A6B49 #596B49 #496B4A

triadic

#596B49 #49596B #6B4959

tetradic

#596B49 #496A6B #5B496B #6B4A49

square

#596B49 #496A6B #5B496B #6B4A49

split-complementary

#596B49 #4A496B #6B496A

monochromatic

#1C2217 #3B4730 #596B49 #778F62 #96AB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#596B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B49

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B49	1.00	5.79	3.62	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.056 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957c',
    500: '#596b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b49;
$custom-light: #88957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.765,
    "s": 18.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50333,
    "c": 0.05614,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B49

secondary

#897898

accent

#6CBC96

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B49

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

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