Exploring the Color #5F6C45

#5F6C45 sits at 80° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 22% saturation and 35% 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 95, 108, 69 produces a 5.65:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #5F6C45 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 37 units away from #696969. Designers reach for chartreuse hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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