Exploring the Color #499938

#499938 sits at 109° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 46% saturation and 41% 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, 153, 56 produces a 5.90:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #499938 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 41 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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