#596E49#596E49

#596E49 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.061 H 132.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E49
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(94, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 34%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 33.6%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, -15.20, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 23.68, 129.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% -0.0413 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.061 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8981, 13.7566, 8.3832)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E49 #5E496E

analogous

#6B6E49 #596E49 #496E4B

triadic

#596E49 #49596E #6E4959

tetradic

#596E49 #496B6E #5E496E #6E4B49

square

#596E49 #496B6E #5E496E #6E4B49

split-complementary

#596E49 #4B496E #6E496B

monochromatic

#1D2418 #3B4931 #596E49 #779361 #96AD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E49

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E49	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)

#716947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.061 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977c',
    500: '#596e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e49;
$custom-light: #88977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.054,
    "s": 20.219,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51085,
    "c": 0.06144,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E49

secondary

#8C799A

accent

#6BBD99

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E49

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

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