Exploring the Color #4CEA4C

#4CEA4C sits at 120° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 79% saturation and 61% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 76, 234, 76 produces a 13.18:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4CEA4C is a distant relative of CSS yellow-green — about 87 units away from #9ACD32. Designers reach for green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, 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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