#596D4B#596D4B

#596D4B is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.057 H 132.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D4B
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 75)
HSL	hsl(95, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 31%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 31.2%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, -14.32, 16.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 21.94, 130.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.88% -0.0389 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(50.88% 0.057 132.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8582, 13.5689, 8.7022)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D4B #5F4B6D

analogous

#6A6D4B #596D4B #4B6D4E

triadic

#596D4B #4B596D #6D4B59

tetradic

#596D4B #4B6A6D #5F4B6D #6D4E4B

square

#596D4B #4B6A6D #5F4B6D #6D4E4B

split-complementary

#596D4B #4E4B6D #6D4B6A

monochromatic

#1E2419 #3B4932 #596D4B #779164 #96AC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#596D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D4B

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D4B	1.00	5.65	3.71	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D664D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.057 132.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977d',
    500: '#596d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d4b;
$custom-light: #88977d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.294,
    "s": 18.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50879,
    "c": 0.05709,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D4B

secondary

#8D7B99

accent

#6DBB9B

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D4B

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

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