#596D48#596D48

#596D48 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.061 H 131.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D48
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 72)
HSL	hsl(92, 20%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(92, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 33.9%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -14.82, 18.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 23.55, 128.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.81% -0.0403 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(50.81% 0.061 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7580, 13.5288, 8.1742)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D48 #5C486D

analogous

#6B6D48 #596D48 #486D49

triadic

#596D48 #48596D #6D4859

tetradic

#596D48 #486B6D #5C486D #6D4948

square

#596D48 #486B6D #5C486D #6D4948

split-complementary

#596D48 #49486D #6D486B

monochromatic

#1D2317 #3B4830 #596D48 #779260 #96AD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#596D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596D48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D48

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D48	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D664A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.061 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977b',
    500: '#596d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d48;
$custom-light: #88977b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.432,
    "s": 20.442,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50812,
    "c": 0.06097,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D48

secondary

#8A7799

accent

#6BBD97

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D48

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

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