#596F39#596F39

#596F39 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.083 H 127.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F39
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 57)
HSL	hsl(84, 32%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(84, 49%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 48.6%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, -18.07, 27.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 32.75, 123.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% -0.0501 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.083 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5427, 13.7880, 5.9760)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F39 #4F396F

analogous

#6F6A39 #596F39 #3E6F39

triadic

#596F39 #39596F #6F3959

tetradic

#596F39 #396F6A #4F396F #6F393E

square

#596F39 #396F6A #4F396F #6F393E

split-complementary

#596F39 #393E6F #6A396F

monochromatic

#181E0F #394724 #596F39 #79974E #98B46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#596F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#596F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F39

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F39	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)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71673C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C6B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.083 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899870',
    500: '#596f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f39;
$custom-light: #899870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.444,
    "s": 32.143,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51034,
    "c": 0.08277,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F39

secondary

#7D669E

accent

#5FC88A

background

#F8F9F6

surface

#F0F2EC

border

#CBCCC7

text

#0C0D07

muted

#7D7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F39

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

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