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Ignited Zelyonyy

#8ab042
Notes

Ignited Zelyonyy (#8AB042) is a true lime 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 (81°, 45%, 47%) 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
#8ab042
RGB
rgb(138, 176, 66)
HSL
hsl(81, 45%, 47%)
HWB
hwb(81 26% 31%)
OKLCH
oklch(70.7% 0.144 126.0)
P3
color(display-p3 0.5713 0.6859 0.3234)
HSV
hsv(81, 63%, 69%)
LAB
lab(67.16% -29.81 50.68)
LCH
lch(67.16% 58.80 120.47)
CMYK
cmyk(22%, 0%, 63%, 31%)

Etymology

Ignited
adjective

Latin ignīre, to set on fire — past-participle of ignite. As a color modifier, ignited implies a saturated-and-just-started-burning quality, the bright color of match-strike-and-flint-spark initial-combustion emission. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to kindled and aflame in usage.

Zelyonyy
noun

The Russian word for green — used in classical Russian literature for the zelyonyye lawns of Moscow's pre-revolutionary gardens and the green velvet of Russian Orthodox vestments. The color refers to a zelyonyy-painted Russian carriage interior: a saturated, slightly cool green with the matte finish of weathered paint.

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.

#8ab042
Original
#b9a535
Protanopia
#b4a34a
Deuteranopia
#8fa899
Tritanopia
#a0a0a0
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).
Failon White
2.51:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.37:1

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
##8AB042
Display P3
Display P3
color(display-p3 0.5713 0.6859 0.3234)
P3 has subtle headroomOKLCH chroma 0.144

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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