#596B4E#596B4E

#596B4E is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.050 H 133.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B4E
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(97, 16%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(97, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 27.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.05, -12.69, 14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.05, 18.96, 132.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% -0.0343 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.05 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.7524, 13.1891, 9.1855)
Luminance	0.1319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B4E #604E6B

analogous

#686B4E #596B4E #4E6B52

triadic

#596B4E #4E596B #6B4E59

tetradic

#596B4E #4E686B #604E6B #6B524E

square

#596B4E #4E686B #604E6B #6B524E

split-complementary

#596B4E #524E6B #6B4E68

monochromatic

#1E241A #3C4834 #596B4E #768E68 #96AA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#596B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#596B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B4E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B4E	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D674C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B654F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.050 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88957f',
    500: '#596b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b4e;
$custom-light: #88957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.241,
    "s": 15.676,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5045,
    "c": 0.04956,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B4E

secondary

#8D7E97

accent

#6FB89D

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B4E

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

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