#596B4A#596B4A

#596B4A is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.055 H 131.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B4A
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 74)
HSL	hsl(93, 18%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(93, 31%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 30.8%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -13.38, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 21.12, 129.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0362 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.055 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6133, 13.1335, 8.4531)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596B4A #5C4A6B

analogous

#696B4A #596B4A #4A6B4B

triadic

#596B4A #4A596B #6B4A59

tetradic

#596B4A #4A696B #5C4A6B #6B4B4A

square

#596B4A #4A696B #5C4A6B #6B4B4A

split-complementary

#596B4A #4B4A6B #6B4A69

monochromatic

#1D2318 #3B4731 #596B4A #778F63 #96AB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#596B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B4A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B4A	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.055 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957c',
    500: '#596b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b4a;
$custom-light: #88957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.727,
    "s": 18.232,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50356,
    "c": 0.05482,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B4A

secondary

#8A7998

accent

#6DBB97

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B4A

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

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