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#459621

a dark, vivid green · neutral · closest name: Forest Green

Token name suggestion: Shadow Jade

RGB
69, 150, 33
HSL
102°, 64%, 36%
CMYK
54, 0, 78, 41
Luminance
0.2319

#459621 is a dark vivid green, 102° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.64:1). As text it scores 3.73:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Forest Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(102 64% 36%)rgb(69 150 33)Base step 800AA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #459621 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#459621
Hue
102°
green
Saturation
64%
vivid
Lightness
36%
dark
Brightness
59%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2319
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.64:1
Closest name
Forest Green
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
67.8
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.599
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 14.8
Web-safe
#339933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue102° of 360°
Saturation64%
Lightness36%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #459621.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red5%
Green94%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#459621
HEX (8-digit)#459621ff
RGBrgb(69, 150, 33)
RGBArgba(69, 150, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(102, 64%, 36%)
HSV / HSBhsv(102, 78%, 59%)
HWBhwb(102 13% 41%)
CMYKcmyk(54%, 0%, 78%, 41%)
LABlab(55.3 -45.4 50.3)
LCHlch(55.3 67.8 132.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.599 0.169 138.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(13.63, 23.19, 5.20)
Decimal4560417
Display P3color(display-p3 0.271 0.588 0.129)
Web-safe#339933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #459621;
background-color: #459621;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #459621;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#459621] bg-[#459621]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #459621;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.271, green: 0.588, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.271, green: 0.588, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#459621</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF459621)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF459621)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 150, 69)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(69, 150, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(69, 150, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 69, 150, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2706f, 0.5882f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{69,150,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #459621 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #459621 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#306817, #DBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #459621 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F6FBF4;
  --brand-100: #EDF7E8;
  --brand-200: #D7F0CB;
  --brand-300: #B9EBA3;
  --brand-400: #96E175;
  --brand-500: #73D647;
  --brand-600: #5CC92C;
  --brand-700: #4DA725;
  --brand-800: #459621;
  --brand-900: #2F6119;
  --brand-950: #1E3D10;
  --brand: #459621;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF4;
  --brand-border: #CEEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #38791B;
  --brand-pressed: #2A5C14;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F6FBF4',
        100: '#EDF7E8',
        200: '#D7F0CB',
        300: '#B9EBA3',
        400: '#96E175',
        500: '#73D647',
        600: '#5CC92C',
        700: '#4DA725',
        800: '#459621',
        900: '#2F6119',
        950: '#1E3D10',
        DEFAULT: '#459621',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F6FBF4,
  '100': #EDF7E8,
  '200': #D7F0CB,
  '300': #B9EBA3,
  '400': #96E175,
  '500': #73D647,
  '600': #5CC92C,
  '700': #4DA725,
  '800': #459621,
  '900': #2F6119,
  '950': #1E3D10,
);
$brand-base: #459621;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F6FBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EDF7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D7F0CB", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B9EBA3", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#96E175", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#73D647", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5CC92C", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4DA725", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#459621", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2F6119", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1E3D10", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #459621 · 5.64:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.73:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.64:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #459621 as text scores 3.73:1 on white and 5.64:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #306817 at 1.81:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#3D851D · 4.59:1
AA on white−4% L
#3D851D
The quick fox
#2E6416 · 7.12:1
AAA on white−12% L
#2E6416
The quick fox
#459621 · 5.64:1
AA on blackalready passes
#459621
The quick fox
#4FAB26 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+5% L
#4FAB26

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #459621 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#459621 on white: 3.73:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#459621 on black: 5.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #459621 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #459621.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.73:1AaAa
Slate 503.56:1AaAa
Slate 1003.40:1AaAa
Slate 2003.02:1AaAa
Slate 3002.51:1AaAa
Slate 4001.45:1AaAa
Slate 5001.28:1AaAa
Slate 6002.03:1AaAa
Slate 7002.78:1AaAa
Slate 8003.93:1AaAa
Slate 9004.79:1AaAa
Black5.64:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #9B8804
deuteranopia · #90822E
tritanopia · #3E9180

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #459621 is pinned to step 800; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F6FBF4
#EDF7E8
#D7F0CB
#B9EBA3
#96E175
#73D647
#5CC92C
#4DA725
#459621
#2F6119
#1E3D10
Base = 800Lightest = 50 · #F6FBF4Darkest = 950 · #1E3D10Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.042 138.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.067 138.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.101 138.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.132 138.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.155 138.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.169 138.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.169 138.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.158 138.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.142 138.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.118 138.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.093 138.2);
}

Colors that work with #459621

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#CEEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#639B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#541D9A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#306817
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EFFAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#38791B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#2A5C14
Two steps down
Disabled#8BAB7C
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#49B11B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #459621

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #306817
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight64/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#722196
Analogous left#809621
Analogous right#219637
Split-complement 1#372196
Split-complement 2#962180
Triadic 1#214596
Triadic 2#962145
Tetradic#218096
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°102°

#459621 sits at 102°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red27.1%
Green58.8%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
69
0x45
G · 0–255
150
0x96
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan54.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow78.0%
Key (black)41.2%

Total ink coverage is 173%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#459621 text on a black background

contrast 5.64:1

Card sample

#459621 text on a white background

contrast 3.73:1

Card sample

#459621 on grey

3.40:1

#459621 on its own surface

3.53:1

#459621 on its dark surface

4.32:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #459621;
Background color
Panel with #459621 background
background-color: #459621;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #459621;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(69, 150, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(69, 150, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #459621;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #459621, #21964B);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #459621, #219668);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #459621;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #459621;
caret-color: #459621;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #459621;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EFFAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #459621;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#459621 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #459621 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(69, 150, 33, 0.5)
rgb(69 150 33 / 50%)
#45962180
hsl(102 64% 36% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #459621 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#4596211a#ECF5E9
20%#45962133#DAEAD3
40%#45962166#B5D5A6
60%#45962199#8FC07A
80%#459621cc#6AAB4D

Gradients from #459621

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5CC82C, #459621 45%, #306817);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #459621, #1C7D47);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #459621, #722196);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #6DD53E 0%, #459621 45%, #306817 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B0C02A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #27AF4C 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #306817 0%, transparent 65%), #459621;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #459621

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#459621 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.64:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#459621, answered

What color is #459621?

#459621 is a dark vivid green, closest to Forest Green (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 102° on the hue wheel with 64% saturation and 36% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #459621?

rgb(69, 150, 33) — 69 red, 150 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 27.1% / 58.8% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #459621 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(102, 64%, 36%) and hsv(102, 78%, 59%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #459621 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2319 and perceived brightness is 48%, so black text on it reaches 5.64:1.

Should I use black or white text on #459621?

Black. It scores 5.64:1 against #459621, versus 3.73:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #459621 accessible on a white background?

#459621 on white scores 3.73:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #3D851D to reach 4.5:1, or #2E6416 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #459621?

#722196 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #372196 and #962180, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #459621?

For interface work: #F6FAF4 as the surface, #CEEDC0 for borders, #639B4B for secondary text, #541D9A as an accent and #306817 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #809621 and #219637 stays calm, while #722196 is the loudest partner.

What is #459621 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(54%, 0%, 78%, 41%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #459621 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #709621; nudged cooler, #1F9826.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #459621?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 14.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #459621 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #459621 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#459621] or text-[#459621], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #459621 with 50% opacity?

rgba(69, 150, 33, 0.5), or #45962180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #A2CB90; over black, #234B11.

Is #459621 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #339933, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #459621 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #459621?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #5CC82C, #459621 45%, #306817). For more colour, a short hue run to #1C7D47 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #459621 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #459621 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.