#596D49#596D49

#596D49 is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.060 H 131.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D49
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(93, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 33%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.57, -14.65, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.57, 23.01, 129.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% -0.0398 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.06 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7908, 13.5420, 8.3474)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D49 #5D496D

analogous

#6B6D49 #596D49 #496D4B

triadic

#596D49 #49596D #6D4959

tetradic

#596D49 #496B6D #5D496D #6D4B49

square

#596D49 #496B6D #5D496D #6D4B49

split-complementary

#596D49 #4B496D #6D496B

monochromatic

#1D2418 #3B4830 #596D49 #779262 #96AD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D49

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D49	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D664B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.060 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977c',
    500: '#596d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d49;
$custom-light: #88977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 19.78,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50834,
    "c": 0.05968,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D49

secondary

#8B7999

accent

#6BBC98

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →