#596E38#596E38

#596E38 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.082 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E38
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 33%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(83, 49%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 49.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, -17.66, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 32.65, 122.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% -0.0491 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.082 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4095, 13.5611, 5.8098)
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

#596E38 #4D386E

analogous

#6E6838 #596E38 #3E6E38

triadic

#596E38 #38596E #6E3859

tetradic

#596E38 #386E68 #4D386E #6E383E

square

#596E38 #386E68 #4D386E #6E383E

split-complementary

#596E38 #383E6E #68386E

monochromatic

#171D0F #384523 #596E38 #7A974D #98B46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#596E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E38

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E38	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)

#736833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.082 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899770',
    500: '#596e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e38;
$custom-light: #899770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.333,
    "s": 32.53,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50763,
    "c": 0.08234,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E38

secondary

#7B649E

accent

#5FC988

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E38

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

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