Grass `#5CAC2D`

Grass (#5CAC2D) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 136°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.177. 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	`#5CAC2D`
RGB	`rgb(92, 172, 45)`
HSL	`hsl(98, 59%, 43%)`
HSV	`hsv(98, 74%, 67%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(47%, 0%, 74%, 33%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(63.3 -46.3 54.3)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.668 0.177 136)`

How Grass behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Grass 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): → #69a823 — ΔE 1.5, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #64ad29 — ΔE 0.9, shifts subtly: leans toward yellow
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #5cac2d — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #5bad2f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Grass in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.84:1 and against black 7.39:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Grass

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.

#cdffb8 · #96dc75 · #5cac2d · #448e0c · #2c6600 · #194000

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.

#45d6aa · #46c375 · #5cac2d · #778f00 · #7c7400 · #775c00

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.

#6bc6bf · #5cac2d · #498a22 · #006963 · #1f4c00 · #002d2b

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.

#bdeaa9 · #a8bf9e · #5cac2d · #9c4bb8 · #3d602c · #283f1d

Quiet Support

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

#f9edfd · #5cac2d · #707f6a · #4d4650 · #14220d · #020003

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.

#f6eff9 · #cec5d1 · #a198a5 · #291d2d · #07010b · #5cac2d

Complementary

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

#aededf · #85b893 · #5cac2d · #6430f0 · #2e4065 · #020e21

Split-complementary

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

#dbcbed · #aca1cb · #5cac2d · #944570 · #433c58 · #131104

Triadic

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

#eaf3ff · #5cac2d · #3c7acc · #8c0028 · #40000d · #000520

Tetradic

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

#e1f6ff · #5cac2d · #0086ac · #6d1787 · #361000 · #05000a

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#74BA51 · #8BC76F · #A2D58B · #B8E3A6 · #CFF0C1

Shades

#468E16 · #327200 · #245500 · #163A00 · #082100

Muted

#6AA84D · #77A364 · #839E77

Using Grass

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.