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Plentiful Madrone

#2e953c
Notes

Plentiful Madrone (#2E953C) is a true green with an earthy character. It leans grounded and natural, the kind of color that plays well with wood, clay, linen, and warm neutrals. Its HSL profile (128°, 53%, 38%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2e953c
RGB
rgb(46, 149, 60)
HSL
hsl(128, 53%, 38%)
HWB
hwb(128 18% 42%)
OKLCH
oklch(59.1% 0.158 145.4)
HSV
hsv(128, 69%, 58%)
LAB
lab(54.45% -48.12 37.95)
LCH
lch(54.45% 61.28 141.74)
CMYK
cmyk(69%, 0%, 60%, 42%)

Etymology

Plentiful
adjective

Old French plentif, abundant — adjectival suffix -ful, derived from Latin plēnitās (fullness). As a color modifier, plentiful implies a saturated-and-generous quality where the hue carries rich visual abundance without restraint. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to abundant and bountiful.

Madrone
noun

Arbutus menziesii, the Pacific madrone — a Pacific Northwest broadleaf evergreen with distinctive peeling orange bark and saturated green leaves. The color refers to mature madrone foliage in California oak woodland: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the glossy finish of waxy cuticle. Cooler than redwood.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#2e953c
Original
#978733
Protanopia
#8b7f43
Deuteranopia
#0a9182
Tritanopia
#797979
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon White
3.83:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon Black
5.48:1

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