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Opulent Cabbage

#4aa348
Notes

Opulent Cabbage (#4AA348) 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 (119°, 39%, 46%) 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
#4aa348
RGB
rgb(74, 163, 72)
HSL
hsl(119, 39%, 46%)
HWB
hwb(119 28% 36%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.0% 0.154 143.1)
P3
color(display-p3 0.3831 0.6313 0.3258)
HSV
hsv(119, 56%, 64%)
LAB
lab(59.99% -45.35 38.86)
LCH
lch(59.99% 59.72 139.41)
CMYK
cmyk(55%, 0%, 56%, 36%)

Etymology

Opulent
adjective

Latin opulentus, rich / wealthy — derived from ops (wealth). As a color modifier, opulent implies a saturated-and-luxurious quality, the deep-rich color of Belle-Époque and Gilded-Age interior-decoration silk-and-velvet textiles. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to lavish and sumptuous.

Cabbage
noun

Brassica oleracea var. capitata — the head-forming cabbage cultivated since the medieval period across Europe and East Asia. Cabbage color refers to a fresh head of green Savoy cabbage: a saturated, slightly cool deep yellow-green with the satin finish of crinkled cabbage leaf.

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.

#4aa348
Original
#a6953f
Protanopia
#9b8e4f
Deuteranopia
#3d9f8f
Tritanopia
#8a8a8a
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
3.17:1
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
6.62:1

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
##4AA348
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.3831 0.6313 0.3258)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.154

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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