#596E41#596E41

#596E41 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.072 H 129.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E41
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(88, 26%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(88, 41%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 40.9%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.74, -16.44, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.74, 27.94, 126.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.92% -0.0451 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(50.92% 0.072 129)
XYZ	xyz(10.6497, 13.6572, 7.0750)
Luminance	0.1366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E41 #56416E

analogous

#6E6D41 #596E41 #436E41

triadic

#596E41 #41596E #6E4159

tetradic

#596E41 #416E6D #56416E #6E4143

square

#596E41 #416E6D #56416E #6E4143

split-complementary

#596E41 #41436E #6D416E

monochromatic

#1B2114 #3A482A #596E41 #789458 #97B079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#596E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#596E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E41

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E41	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.072 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899776',
    500: '#596e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e41;
$custom-light: #899776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50922,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.13657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E41

secondary

#84709B

accent

#66C291

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2ED

border

#CBCCC8

text

#0B0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E41

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

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