#596E4B#596E4B

#596E4B is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.059 H 133.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E4B
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 75)
HSL	hsl(96, 19%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(96, 32%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 31.8%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, -14.87, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 22.62, 131.11°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% -0.0404 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.059 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9655, 13.7835, 8.7380)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596E4B #604B6E

analogous

#6B6E4B #596E4B #4B6E4F

triadic

#596E4B #4B596E #6E4B59

tetradic

#596E4B #4B6B6E #604B6E #6E4F4B

square

#596E4B #4B6B6E #604B6E #6E4F4B

split-complementary

#596E4B #4F4B6E #6E4B6B

monochromatic

#1E2519 #3C4A32 #596E4B #769264 #96AD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#596E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#596E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E4B

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E4B	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E674D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.059 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977d',
    500: '#596e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e4b;
$custom-light: #88977d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51129,
    "c": 0.05887,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E4B

secondary

#8D7B9A

accent

#6CBC9C

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E4B

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

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