Leaf #71AA34

Leaf (#71AA34) is a mid-tone, saturated yellow-green with an OKLCH hue of 132°, lightness 0.67 and chroma 0.16. 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#71AA34
RGBrgb(113, 170, 52)
HSLhsl(89, 53%, 44%)
HSVhsv(89, 69%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(34%, 0%, 69%, 33%)
CIE Lablab(63.8 -37.7 52.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.675 0.160 132)

How Leaf behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Leaf 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 Leaf 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 2.8:1 and against black 7.5:1, 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 Leaf

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.

#d7ffb8 · #a6da79 · #71aa34 · #588c18 · #3c6500 · #234000

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.

#65d5a6 · #64c174 · #71aa34 · #818e00 · #837300 · #7d5c00

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.

#78c7bb · #71aa34 · #5a8928 · #006b61 · #2b4c00 · #002f2a

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.

#c7e9ad · #aec0a0 · #71aa34 · #9455b9 · #46602f · #2e3f20

Quiet Support

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

#f7eefd · #71aa34 · #75806d · #4d4851 · #17220e · #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.

#f5effa · #cdc6d2 · #a098a6 · #281e2e · #06010b · #71aa34

Complementary

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

#adddd9 · #85b98b · #71aa34 · #9b70a7 · #5d27e9 · #030f1d

Split-complementary

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

#e7c8e4 · #c49db5 · #71aa34 · #6853be · #354367 · #05150d

Triadic

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

#e9f3ff · #71aa34 · #3c7fc5 · #8b0733 · #400012 · #000518

Tetradic

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

#dff6ff · #71aa34 · #0089a9 · #662587 · #390d00 · #05000d

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#85B855 · #99C572 · #ADD38D · #C1E1A8 · #D6EEC3

Shades

#5A8C1E · #437002 · #305400 · #1F3900 · #0F2000

Muted

#7AA751 · #82A367 · #8A9F7A

Using Leaf

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.

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