#596D2B#596D2B

#596D2B is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.095 H 123.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D2B
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 43%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(78, 61%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 60.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, -18.57, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 38.53, 118.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% -0.0528 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.095 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.0246, 13.2355, 4.3116)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D2B #3F2B6D

analogous

#6D602B #596D2B #386D2B

triadic

#596D2B #2B596D #6D2B59

tetradic

#596D2B #2B6D60 #3F2B6D #6D2B38

square

#596D2B #2B6D60 #3F2B6D #6D2B38

split-complementary

#596D2B #2B386D #602B6D

monochromatic

#121609 #35411A #596D2B #7D993C #9DBC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#596D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#596D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D2B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D2B	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70662F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.095 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9767',
    500: '#596d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d2b;
$custom-light: #8a9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.182,
    "s": 43.421,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50323,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D2B

secondary

#6B559F

accent

#55D37B

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D2B

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

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