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Abundant Verdure

#4b9d46
Notes

Abundant Verdure (#4B9D46) 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 (117°, 38%, 45%) 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
#4b9d46
RGB
rgb(75, 157, 70)
HSL
hsl(117, 38%, 45%)
HWB
hwb(117 27% 38%)
OKLCH
oklch(62.4% 0.147 142.5)
HSV
hsv(117, 55%, 62%)
LAB
lab(58.09% -42.89 37.57)
LCH
lch(58.09% 57.02 138.78)
CMYK
cmyk(52%, 0%, 55%, 38%)

Etymology

Abundant
adjective

Latin abundāre, to overflow — present-participle of abound. As a color modifier, abundant implies a saturated-and-plentiful quality where the hue carries surplus visual richness beyond minimum requirement. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to plentiful and bountiful.

Verdure
noun

The lush green of healthy vegetation — used in landscape painting and Mediterranean gardening vocabulary. Verdure color refers to a Tuscan landscape in late spring: a saturated, slightly cool deep green with the matte finish of well-irrigated foliage. Drier than verdant.

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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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.

#4b9d46
Original
#a0903e
Protanopia
#95894c
Deuteranopia
#409989
Tritanopia
#858585
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
3.38:1
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
6.21:1

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