#596B4D#596B4D

#596B4D is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.051 H 133.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B4D
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 77)
HSL	hsl(96, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 28%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 28%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.03, -12.87, 14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.03, 19.50, 131.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% -0.0348 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.051 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.7168, 13.1749, 8.9981)
Luminance	0.1318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B4D #5F4D6B

analogous

#686B4D #596B4D #4D6B50

triadic

#596B4D #4D596B #6B4D59

tetradic

#596B4D #4D686B #5F4D6B #6B504D

square

#596B4D #4D686B #5F4D6B #6B504D

split-complementary

#596B4D #504D6B #6B4D68

monochromatic

#1E241A #3B4733 #596B4D #778F67 #96AA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#596B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#596B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B4D

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B4D	1.00	5.78	3.64	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E674B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.051 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957f',
    500: '#596b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b4d;
$custom-light: #88957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 16.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50426,
    "c": 0.05087,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B4D

secondary

#8D7D97

accent

#6FB99B

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B4D

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

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