#596D39#596D39

#596D39 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.080 H 126.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D39
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 57)
HSL	hsl(83, 31%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(83, 48%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 47.7%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.30, -17.00, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.30, 31.51, 122.64°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% -0.0471 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.08 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3269, 13.3564, 5.9041)
Luminance	0.1336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D39 #4D396D

analogous

#6D6739 #596D39 #3F6D39

triadic

#596D39 #39596D #6D3959

tetradic

#596D39 #396D67 #4D396D #6D393F

square

#596D39 #396D67 #4D396D #6D393F

split-complementary

#596D39 #393F6D #67396D

monochromatic

#171D0F #384524 #596D39 #7A954E #98B36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#596D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#596D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D39

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D39	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)

#726735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.080 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899770',
    500: '#596d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d39;
$custom-light: #899770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 31.325,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50525,
    "c": 0.07958,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D39

secondary

#7B659D

accent

#60C888

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D39

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

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