#596E39#596E39

#596E39 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.081 H 126.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E39
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 57)
HSL	hsl(84, 32%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(84, 48%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 48.2%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.61, -17.53, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.61, 32.13, 123.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% -0.0486 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.081 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4342, 13.5710, 5.9398)
Luminance	0.1357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E39 #4E396E

analogous

#6E6939 #596E39 #3E6E39

triadic

#596E39 #39596E #6E3959

tetradic

#596E39 #396E69 #4E396E #6E393E

square

#596E39 #396E69 #4E396E #6E393E

split-complementary

#596E39 #393E6E #69396E

monochromatic

#181D0F #384624 #596E39 #7A964E #98B46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#596E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#596E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E39

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E39	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)

#736835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.081 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899770',
    500: '#596e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e39;
$custom-light: #899770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.774,
    "s": 31.737,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5078,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E39

secondary

#7C659D

accent

#60C889

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0B0D07

muted

#7C7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E39

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

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