#596C38#596C38

#596C38 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.079 H 125.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C38
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(82, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(82, 48%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 48.1%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, -16.58, 26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 31.41, 121.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% -0.0461 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.079 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1962, 13.1344, 5.7386)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C38 #4B386C

analogous

#6C6538 #596C38 #3F6C38

triadic

#596C38 #38596C #6C3859

tetradic

#596C38 #386C65 #4B386C #6C383F

square

#596C38 #386C65 #4B386C #6C383F

split-complementary

#596C38 #383F6C #65386C

monochromatic

#171B0E #384423 #596C38 #7A944D #99B36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#596C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C38

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C38	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)

#716634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.079 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899670',
    500: '#596c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c38;
$custom-light: #899670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.923,
    "s": 31.707,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50255,
    "c": 0.07914,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C38

secondary

#78649C

accent

#60C886

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C38

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

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