#596C4F#596C4F

#596C4F is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.050 H 135.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596C4F
RGB	rgb(89, 108, 79)
HSL	hsl(99, 16%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(99, 27%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 26.9%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, -13.07, 13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 19.12, 133.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% -0.0354 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.05 135)
XYZ	xyz(10.8934, 13.4133, 9.4107)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596C4F #624F6C

analogous

#686C4F #596C4F #4F6C54

triadic

#596C4F #4F596C #6C4F59

tetradic

#596C4F #4F686C #624F6C #6C544F

square

#596C4F #4F686C #624F6C #6C544F

split-complementary

#596C4F #544F6C #6C4F68

monochromatic

#1F251B #3C4935 #596C4F #768F69 #96AA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#596C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#596C4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596C4F

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596C4F	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E684D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 108, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.050 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889680',
    500: '#596c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596c4f;
$custom-light: #889680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.31,
    "s": 15.508,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50723,
    "c": 0.05007,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.13413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596C4F

secondary

#8F7F98

accent

#70B89F

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#EFF1EE

border

#CACBC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596C4F

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

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