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Plentiful Cabbage

#4d9b41
Notes

Plentiful Cabbage (#4D9B41) 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 (112°, 41%, 43%) 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
#4d9b41
RGB
rgb(77, 155, 65)
HSL
hsl(112, 41%, 43%)
HWB
hwb(112 25% 39%)
OKLCH
oklch(61.9% 0.148 141.1)
HSV
hsv(112, 58%, 61%)
LAB
lab(57.46% -42.11 39.30)
LCH
lch(57.46% 57.60 136.97)
CMYK
cmyk(50%, 0%, 58%, 39%)

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.

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.

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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.

#4d9b41
Original
#9f8e38
Protanopia
#948748
Deuteranopia
#449687
Tritanopia
#848484
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
3.45:1
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
6.08:1

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