May Green #4C9141

May Green (#4C9141) is a mid-tone, saturated green with an OKLCH hue of 141°, lightness 0.59 and chroma 0.134. 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#4C9141
RGBrgb(76, 145, 65)
HSLhsl(112, 38%, 41%)
HSVhsv(112, 55%, 57%)
CMYKcmyk(48%, 0%, 55%, 43%)
CIE Lablab(54.2 -38.2 35.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.592 0.134 141)

How May Green behaves under real light

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

Test May Green 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 3.86:1 and against black 5.43:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with May Green

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.

#b1e6a8 · #84c07a · #4c9141 · #347429 · #124f06 · #022b00

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.

#50b79c · #46a572 · #4c9141 · #5c7816 · #605f00 · #5b4900

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.

#10d6d3 · #68aaa7 · #4c9141 · #38702f · #1e5316 · #003433

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.

#d5eed1 · #a8cea1 · #92a68e · #4c9141 · #7f408b · #2b4927

Quiet Support

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

#f8eefa · #909d8e · #4c9141 · #686169 · #202d1e · #020002

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.

#f7eff8 · #cfc5d0 · #a297a4 · #2a1d2c · #08010a · #4c9141

Complementary

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

#d4d7b2 · #8a9a6d · #4c9141 · #8b2550 · #3f3050 · #1d0503

Split-complementary

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

#f0c9b8 · #9191b1 · #4c9141 · #763767 · #393651 · #111004

Triadic

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

#ebf2ff · #7399db · #4c9141 · #a23d41 · #54000e · #000011

Tetradic

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

#e3f5ff · #47a5cf · #4c9141 · #854692 · #451b00 · #050008

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#66A35D · #80B477 · #9AC692 · #B3D8AD · #CEEAC9

Shades

#3A7830 · #28611F · #174A0E · #053400 · #001F00

Muted

#598D50 · #648A5E · #6E866A

Using May Green

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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