#596D38#596D38

#596D38 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.081 H 126.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D38
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 32%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(83, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 48.6%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, -17.12, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 32.03, 122.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% -0.0476 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.081 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3022, 13.3465, 5.7740)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D38 #4C386D

analogous

#6D6738 #596D38 #3E6D38

triadic

#596D38 #38596D #6D3859

tetradic

#596D38 #386D67 #4C386D #6D383E

square

#596D38 #386D67 #4C386D #6D383E

split-complementary

#596D38 #383E6D #67386D

monochromatic

#171C0E #384523 #596D38 #7A954D #98B36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D38

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D38	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.081 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899770',
    500: '#596d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d38;
$custom-light: #899770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.642,
    "s": 32.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50509,
    "c": 0.08075,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D38

secondary

#79649D

accent

#60C887

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D38

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

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