#596B4F#596B4F

#596B4F is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.048 H 134.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596B4F
RGB	rgb(89, 107, 79)
HSL	hsl(99, 15%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(99, 26%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 26.2%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, -12.51, 13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 18.43, 132.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% -0.0339 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.048 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7885, 13.2036, 9.3758)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596B4F #614F6B

analogous

#676B4F #596B4F #4F6B53

triadic

#596B4F #4F596B #6B4F59

tetradic

#596B4F #4F676B #614F6B #6B534F

square

#596B4F #4F676B #614F6B #6B534F

split-complementary

#596B4F #534F6B #6B4F67

monochromatic

#1E251B #3C4835 #596B4F #768E69 #96A98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#596B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#596B4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596B4F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596B4F	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)

#6D674D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 107, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.048 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889580',
    500: '#596b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596b4f;
$custom-light: #889580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.571,
    "s": 15.054,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50474,
    "c": 0.04825,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596B4F

secondary

#8E7F97

accent

#70B89E

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596B4F

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

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