#596D27#596D27

#596D27 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.099 H 123.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D27
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(77, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(77, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 64.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, -18.95, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 40.40, 117.97°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% -0.0543 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.099 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9547, 13.2076, 3.9439)
Luminance	0.1321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D27 #3B276D

analogous

#6D5E27 #596D27 #366D27

triadic

#596D27 #27596D #6D2759

tetradic

#596D27 #276D5E #3B276D #6D2736

square

#596D27 #276D5E #3B276D #6D2736

split-complementary

#596D27 #27366D #5E276D

monochromatic

#121708 #344017 #596D27 #7E9A37 #9FC04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#596D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#596D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D27

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D27	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)

#73661F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D685E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.099 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9764',
    500: '#596d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d27;
$custom-light: #8a9764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 47.297,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50276,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D27

secondary

#6750A0

accent

#51D777

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D27

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

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