Carpet Moss `#00AA33`

Carpet Moss (#00AA33) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 146°, lightness 0.64 and chroma 0.198. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#00AA33`
RGB	`rgb(0, 170, 51)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 100%, 33%)`
HSV	`hsv(138, 100%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(100%, 0%, 70%, 33%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(60.8 -60.9 48.8)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.642 0.198 146)`

How Carpet Moss behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Carpet Moss shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.5), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #33a62a — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #22ab2f — ΔE 0.8, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #00aa33 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #00ab35 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.09:1 and against black 6.8:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Carpet Moss

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#a4ffa9 · #6bd976 · #00aa33 · #008a27 · #006018 · #003a0a

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#00ceb1 · #00bc80 · #00aa33 · #5c8c00 · #6a7000 · #675800

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#51bfc1 · #00aa33 · #008726 · #006062 · #00460f · #002627

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#a3e5a6 · #97b998 · #00aa33 · #a233a9 · #235b29 · #163a1a

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#fcecfc · #99af9a · #00aa33 · #796e79 · #1f3620 · #030003

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f8eef8 · #d0c5d0 · #a397a3 · #2b1d2b · #080109 · #00aa33

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d3dab4 · #95ad7a · #00aa33 · #a41d67 · #44375b · #220606

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#eacbe6 · #c592aa · #00aa33 · #6946a3 · #323e5e · #04110f

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ecf2ff · #7fa5ff · #00aa33 · #cd292e · #600007 · #010017

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e4f5ff · #00b5fc · #00aa33 · #a93aaf · #4c2300 · #050007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#45B954 · #69C771 · #88D58D · #A6E4A8 · #C2F2C4

Shades

#008C28 · #006F1E · #005414 · #00390A · #002103

Muted

#41A54D · #5C9F61 · #719972

Using Carpet Moss

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.