#596D4D#596D4D

#596D4D is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.054 H 134.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596D4D
RGB	rgb(89, 109, 77)
HSL	hsl(98, 17%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(98, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 0%, 29.4%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, -13.98, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 20.87, 132.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% -0.0379 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.055 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9278, 13.5968, 9.0684)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596D4D #614D6D

analogous

#696D4D #596D4D #4D6D51

triadic

#596D4D #4D596D #6D4D59

tetradic

#596D4D #4D696D #614D6D #6D514D

square

#596D4D #4D696D #614D6D #6D514D

split-complementary

#596D4D #514D6D #6D4D69

monochromatic

#1E251A #3C4934 #596D4D #769166 #96AC89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#596D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#596D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596D4D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596D4D	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70684B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C674F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 109, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.054 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977f',
    500: '#596d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596d4d;
$custom-light: #88977f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 17.204,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50925,
    "c": 0.0545,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596D4D

secondary

#8E7D99

accent

#6EBA9D

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596D4D

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

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