#596C39#596C39

#596C39 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.078 H 125.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C39
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 57)
HSL	hsl(82, 31%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(82, 47%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 47.2%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, -16.46, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 30.89, 122.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.27% -0.0456 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(50.27% 0.078 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2209, 13.1443, 5.8687)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C39 #4C396C

analogous

#6C6639 #596C39 #406C39

triadic

#596C39 #39596C #6C3959

tetradic

#596C39 #396C66 #4C396C #6C3940

square

#596C39 #396C66 #4C396C #6C3940

split-complementary

#596C39 #39406C #66396C

monochromatic

#171C0F #384424 #596C39 #7A944E #98B26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#596C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#596C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C39

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C39	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)

#716635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.078 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899670',
    500: '#596c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c39;
$custom-light: #899670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.353,
    "s": 30.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50272,
    "c": 0.07798,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C39

secondary

#79659C

accent

#61C787

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F1EC

border

#CBCBC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C39

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

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