Exploring the Color #485B31

#485B31 sits at 87° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 30% saturation and 27% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 72, 91, 49 produces a 7.46:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #485B31 is a distant relative of CSS forest green — about 63 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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