#596E4A#596E4A

#596E4A is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.060 H 132.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E4A
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 74)
HSL	hsl(95, 20%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 33%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 32.7%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -15.04, 17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 23.15, 130.51°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% -0.0409 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.06 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.9315, 13.7699, 8.5592)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E4A #5F4A6E

analogous

#6B6E4A #596E4A #4A6E4D

triadic

#596E4A #4A596E #6E4A59

tetradic

#596E4A #4A6B6E #5F4A6E #6E4D4A

square

#596E4A #4A6B6E #5F4A6E #6E4D4A

split-complementary

#596E4A #4D4A6E #6E4A6B

monochromatic

#1E2519 #3B4931 #596E4A #779363 #96AD85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#596E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596E4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E4A

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E4A	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.060 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977d',
    500: '#596e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e4a;
$custom-light: #88977d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95,
    "s": 19.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51107,
    "c": 0.06016,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E4A

secondary

#8D7A9A

accent

#6CBC9B

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E4A

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

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