Exploring the Color #496928

#496928 sits at 90° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 45% saturation and 28% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 73, 105, 40 produces a 6.30:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #496928 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 50 units away from #6B8E23. 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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