#596B4B#596B4B

#596B4B is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.054 H 131.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B4B
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 75)
HSL	hsl(94, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 30%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 29.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -13.21, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 20.58, 129.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% -0.0358 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.054 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6473, 13.1471, 8.6319)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B4B #5D4B6B

analogous

#696B4B #596B4B #4B6B4D

triadic

#596B4B #4B596B #6B4B59

tetradic

#596B4B #4B696B #5D4B6B #6B4D4B

square

#596B4B #4B696B #5D4B6B #6B4D4B

split-complementary

#596B4B #4D4B6B #6B4B69

monochromatic

#1D2319 #3B4732 #596B4B #778F64 #96AA86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#596B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B4B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B4B	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)

#6E6649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.054 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957d',
    500: '#596b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b4b;
$custom-light: #88957d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.75,
    "s": 17.582,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50379,
    "c": 0.05351,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B4B

secondary

#8B7A97

accent

#6EBA99

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F1EE

border

#CBCBC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B4B

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

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