Exploring the Color #628B49

#628B49 sits at 97° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 31% saturation and 42% 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 98, 139, 73 produces a 5.31:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #628B49 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 39 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 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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