#596F36#596F36

#596F36 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.086 H 126.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F36
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 54)
HSL	hsl(83, 35%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(83, 51%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 51.4%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, -18.44, 28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 34.28, 122.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.99% -0.0514 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(50.99% 0.086 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4701, 13.7589, 5.5934)
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

#596F36 #4C366F

analogous

#6F6936 #596F36 #3D6F36

triadic

#596F36 #36596F #6F3659

tetradic

#596F36 #366F69 #4C366F #6F363D

square

#596F36 #366F69 #4C366F #6F363D

split-complementary

#596F36 #363D6F #69366F

monochromatic

#171D0E #384622 #596F36 #7A984A #98B669

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#596F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F36

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F36	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)

#746931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.086 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89986e',
    500: '#596f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f36;
$custom-light: #89986e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.158,
    "s": 34.545,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50986,
    "c": 0.08619,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F36

secondary

#79629F

accent

#5DCB87

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F36

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

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