#596F48#596F48

#596F48 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.064 H 132.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F48
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 72)
HSL	hsl(94, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(94, 35%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 35.1%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, -15.91, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 24.89, 129.75°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% -0.0433 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.064 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9737, 13.9604, 8.2461)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F48 #5E486F

analogous

#6C6F48 #596F48 #486F4A

triadic

#596F48 #48596F #6F4859

tetradic

#596F48 #486C6F #5E486F #6F4A48

square

#596F48 #486C6F #5E486F #6F4A48

split-complementary

#596F48 #4A486F #6F486C

monochromatic

#1D2518 #3B4A30 #596F48 #779460 #96AF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#596F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596F48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F48

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F48	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.064 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88987b',
    500: '#596f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f48;
$custom-light: #88987b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.846,
    "s": 21.311,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51315,
    "c": 0.06447,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F48

secondary

#8C789B

accent

#6ABE99

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F48

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

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