#596D4A#596D4A

#596D4A is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.058 H 132.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D4A
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 74)
HSL	hsl(94, 19%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 32%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 32.1%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.59, -14.49, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.59, 22.48, 130.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% -0.0393 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.058 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8243, 13.5554, 8.5234)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D4A #5E4A6D

analogous

#6A6D4A #596D4A #4A6D4C

triadic

#596D4A #4A596D #6D4A59

tetradic

#596D4A #4A6A6D #5E4A6D #6D4C4A

square

#596D4A #4A6A6D #5E4A6D #6D4C4A

split-complementary

#596D4A #4C4A6D #6D4A6A

monochromatic

#1D2419 #3B4931 #596D4A #779163 #96AC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D4A

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D4A	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)

#706848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D664C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.058 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977c',
    500: '#596d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d4a;
$custom-light: #88977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 19.126,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50856,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D4A

secondary

#8C7A99

accent

#6CBC9A

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D4A

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

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