#596E42#596E42

#596E42 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.070 H 129.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E42
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 25%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(89, 40%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 40%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.75, -16.29, 22.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.75, 27.41, 126.47°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% -0.0446 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.07 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6790, 13.6689, 7.2289)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E42 #57426E

analogous

#6E6D42 #596E42 #436E42

triadic

#596E42 #42596E #6E4259

tetradic

#596E42 #426E6D #57426E #6E4243

square

#596E42 #426E6D #57426E #6E4243

split-complementary

#596E42 #42436E #6D426E

monochromatic

#1B2214 #3A482B #596E42 #789459 #96B07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#596E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#596E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E42

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E42	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72683F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6A63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.070 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889777',
    500: '#596e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e42;
$custom-light: #889777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50941,
    "c": 0.07031,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E42

secondary

#85719B

accent

#66C192

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2ED

border

#CBCCC8

text

#0B0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E42

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

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