Kiwi #749E4E

Kiwi (#749E4E) is a mid-tone, soft yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 132°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.119. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#749E4E
RGBrgb(116, 158, 78)
HSLhsl(92, 34%, 46%)
HSVhsv(92, 51%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 51%, 38%)
CIE Lablab(60.5 -28.5 37)
OKLCHoklch(0.650 0.119 132)

How Kiwi behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Kiwi shifts subtly: leans toward yellow; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: drifts toward green. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Kiwi 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 3.11:1 and against black 6.74:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Kiwi

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.

#d2f5b7 · #a7ce88 · #749e4e · #5b8137 · #3b5c16 · #1f3900

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.

#7ac7a4 · #72b47b · #749e4e · #7a852f · #7a6c17 · #73550a

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.

#83bbb2 · #749e4e · #5b7e3c · #00635a · #274402 · #002924

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.

#c5deb1 · #a9b69f · #749e4e · #8558a0 · #445734 · #2b3721

Quiet Support

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

#f5effa · #a5ae9f · #749e4e · #77727a · #2b3324 · #020103

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.

#f5effa · #cdc6d2 · #a098a6 · #281e2e · #06010b · #749e4e

Complementary

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

#d7d3ae · #82b490 · #749e4e · #a03277 · #3e385f · #1f0507

Split-complementary

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

#f8edff · #a1a4e6 · #749e4e · #a25688 · #2a2661 · #060003

Triadic

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

#e9f3ff · #7eafe5 · #749e4e · #ae5462 · #581223 · #000518

Tetradic

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

#dff6ff · #5fb8d6 · #749e4e · #8b5ea7 · #561a00 · #04000a

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#87AD67 · #9BBC80 · #AFCC99 · #C3DBB1 · #D8EBCA

Shades

#5D833A · #476827 · #324F13 · #1E3701 · #0E1F00

Muted

#7A9B5E · #80986D · #86957A

Using Kiwi

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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