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Plentiful Lemongrass

#69a019
Notes

Plentiful Lemongrass (#69A019) is a true 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 (84°, 73%, 36%) 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 indigo. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#69a019
RGB
rgb(105, 160, 25)
HSL
hsl(84, 73%, 36%)
HWB
hwb(84 10% 37%)
OKLCH
oklch(64.3% 0.166 130.5)
HSV
hsv(84, 84%, 63%)
LAB
lab(60.08% -37.80 57.75)
LCH
lch(60.08% 69.02 123.20)
CMYK
cmyk(34%, 0%, 84%, 37%)

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.

Lemongrass
noun

Cymbopogon citratus, the tropical grass whose lemon-scented stalks flavor Southeast Asian curries, Thai soups, and herbal teas. The color refers to a fresh-cut lemongrass stalk in cross-section: a saturated, slightly yellow yellow-green with the matte finish of fresh grass-family fiber.

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.

#69a019
Original
#a89300
Protanopia
#a08f2a
Deuteranopia
#6c9988
Tritanopia
#8b8b8b
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
3.16:1
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
6.64:1

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