#596F37#596F37

#596F37 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.085 H 126.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F37
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 55)
HSL	hsl(84, 34%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(84, 50%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 50.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, -18.32, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 33.78, 122.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51% -0.051 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.085 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4938, 13.7684, 5.7184)
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

#596F37 #4D376F

analogous

#6F6937 #596F37 #3D6F37

triadic

#596F37 #37596F #6F3759

tetradic

#596F37 #376F69 #4D376F #6F373D

square

#596F37 #376F69 #4D376F #6F373D

split-complementary

#596F37 #373D6F #69376F

monochromatic

#171D0E #384623 #596F37 #7A984B #98B66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#596F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#596F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F37

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F37	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)

#746932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.085 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89986f',
    500: '#596f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f37;
$custom-light: #89986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.571,
    "s": 33.735,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51002,
    "c": 0.08506,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F37

secondary

#7B639F

accent

#5ECA88

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F37

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

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