#596E4E#596E4E

#596E4E is a mid, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.055 H 135.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596E4E
RGB	rgb(89, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(99, 17%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(99, 29%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 29.1%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -14.36, 15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 21.03, 133.06°)
OKLab	oklab(51.2% -0.039 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(51.2% 0.055 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0706, 13.8256, 9.2916)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596E4E #634E6E

analogous

#696E4E #596E4E #4E6E53

triadic

#596E4E #4E596E #6E4E59

tetradic

#596E4E #4E696E #634E6E #6E534E

square

#596E4E #4E696E #634E6E #6E534E

split-complementary

#596E4E #534E6E #6E4E69

monochromatic

#1F261B #3C4A35 #596E4E #769267 #96AC8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#596E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#596E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596E4E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596E4E	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71694C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#596C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.055 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88977f',
    500: '#596e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596e4e;
$custom-light: #88977f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.375,
    "s": 17.021,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51198,
    "c": 0.05501,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596E4E

secondary

#907E9A

accent

#6EBAA0

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D0A

muted

#7C7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #596E4E

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

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