#596E48#596E48

#596E48 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.063 H 131.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E48
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(93, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(93, 35%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 34.5%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.86, -15.37, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.86, 24.22, 129.38°)
OKLab	oklab(51.06% -0.0418 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(51.06% 0.063 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8652, 13.7434, 8.2099)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E48 #5D486E

analogous

#6C6E48 #596E48 #486E4A

triadic

#596E48 #48596E #6E4859

tetradic

#596E48 #486C6E #5D486E #6E4A48

square

#596E48 #486C6E #5D486E #6E4A48

split-complementary

#596E48 #4A486E #6E486C

monochromatic

#1D2418 #3B4930 #596E48 #779360 #96AE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E48

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E48	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.063 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977b',
    500: '#596e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e48;
$custom-light: #88977b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.158,
    "s": 20.879,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51064,
    "c": 0.06272,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E48

secondary

#8B789A

accent

#6ABD98

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E48

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

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