#596F49#596F49

#596F49 is a mid, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.063 H 132.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#596F49
RGB	rgb(89, 111, 73)
HSL	hsl(95, 21%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(95, 34%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 34.2%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, -15.75, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 24.36, 130.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% -0.0429 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.063 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0066, 13.9736, 8.4193)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#596F49 #5F496F

analogous

#6C6F49 #596F49 #496F4C

triadic

#596F49 #49596F #6F4959

tetradic

#596F49 #496C6F #5F496F #6F4C49

square

#596F49 #496C6F #5F496F #6F4C49

split-complementary

#596F49 #4C496F #6F496C

monochromatic

#1E2518 #3B4A31 #596F49 #779461 #96AE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#596F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#596F49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #596F49

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##596F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##596F49	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F684B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5A6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #596f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 111, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.063 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88987c',
    500: '#596f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #596f49;
$custom-light: #88987c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#596f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.737,
    "s": 20.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51336,
    "c": 0.0632,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#596F49

secondary

#8D799B

accent

#6BBD9A

background

#F8F9F7

surface

#F0F2EE

border

#CBCCC9

text

#0B0D09

muted

#7C7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #596F49

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

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