#596D2E#596D2E

#596D2E is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.092 H 124.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D2E
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 46)
HSL	hsl(79, 41%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, -18.27, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 37.08, 119.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% -0.0517 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.092 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0816, 13.2583, 4.6122)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D2E #422E6D

analogous

#6D612E #596D2E #396D2E

triadic

#596D2E #2E596D #6D2E59

tetradic

#596D2E #2E6D61 #422E6D #6D2E39

square

#596D2E #2E6D61 #422E6D #6D2E39

split-complementary

#596D2E #2E396D #612E6D

monochromatic

#13170A #36421C #596D2E #7C9840 #9CBA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#596D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#596D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D2E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D2E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D685F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.092 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899769',
    500: '#596d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d2e;
$custom-light: #899769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.048,
    "s": 40.645,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50361,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D2E

secondary

#6F589F

accent

#57D07E

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EB

border

#CBCCC6

text

#0C0D06

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D2E

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

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