#596F42#596F42

#596F42 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.072 H 129.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F42
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 25%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(89, 41%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 40.5%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, -16.83, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 28.06, 126.87°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% -0.0461 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.072 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7875, 13.8859, 7.2651)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#596F42 #58426F

analogous

#6F6F42 #596F42 #436F42

triadic

#596F42 #42596F #6F4259

tetradic

#596F42 #426F6F #58426F #6F4243

square

#596F42 #426F6F #58426F #6F4243

split-complementary

#596F42 #42436F #6F426F

monochromatic

#1B2214 #3A492B #596F42 #789559 #96B07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#596F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#596F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F42

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F42	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73693F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5B6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.072 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899877',
    500: '#596f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f42;
$custom-light: #899877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.333,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51194,
    "c": 0.07199,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F42

secondary

#86719C

accent

#66C293

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2ED

border

#CBCCC8

text

#0B0D08

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F42

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

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