Exploring the Color #354812

#354812 sits at 81° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 60% saturation and 18% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 53, 72, 18 produces a 10.06:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #354812 is a distant relative of CSS forest green — about 71 units away from #228B22. Designers reach for chartreuse hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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