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Disciplined Chrysoberyl

#3f6904
Notes

Disciplined Chrysoberyl (#3F6904) is a deep lime with a jewel character. It carries the deep, saturated richness of a gemstone. Authoritative and slightly formal, it works well for type and heavy UI elements. Its HSL profile (85°, 93%, 21%) places it in the highly saturated band at a dark lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#3f6904
RGB
rgb(63, 105, 4)
HSL
hsl(85, 93%, 21%)
HWB
hwb(85 2% 59%)
OKLCH
oklch(47.2% 0.128 131.7)
P3
color(display-p3 0.2849 0.4076 0.1131)
HSV
hsv(85, 96%, 41%)
LAB
lab(39.86% -29.98 44.48)
LCH
lch(39.86% 53.64 123.98)
CMYK
cmyk(40%, 0%, 96%, 59%)

Etymology

Disciplined
adjective

Latin disciplīna, teaching / training — past-participle of discipline. As a color modifier, disciplined implies a clear-and-controlled-and-careful quality where the hue carries the visual register of careful-edited-and-restrained design-decision. Sits at the crisp-and-orderly end of the grid, parallel to methodical and orderly in usage.

Chrysoberyl
noun

A beryllium-aluminum oxide gem — particularly the chartreuse-green variety distinguished from emerald by its different chemistry. Mined principally in Brazil, Sri Lanka, and Madagascar. The color refers to a faceted Brazilian chrysoberyl: a saturated, slightly cool yellow-green with the gem's signature high refractive index.

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.

Variations

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Harmonies

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.

#3f6904
Original
#6e6000
Protanopia
#685d13
Deuteranopia
#406458
Tritanopia
#595959
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).
AAon White
6.49:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.23:1

Wide gamut

Display P3 representation

The CSS Color 4 wide-gamut form of this color. Both swatches render the same color on every display — the P3 form only diverges from sRGB when a designer pushes channels outside sRGB's reach.

sRGB hex
sRGB hex
##3F6904
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.2849 0.4076 0.1131)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.128

Moderately saturated colors gain a small bump in P3 — the difference is usually visible side-by-side on wide-gamut hardware but won't change the character of the color.

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