Forestry

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Earthy darker forest green for steady highlights

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About Forestry

Forestry is the green you notice when you pull a label sheet off a roll and it suddenly looks less like "leaf" and more like dyed cloth. It's cooler and calmer than the rain-browned industrial feel of , and it stays cleaner and more balanced than the near-black, neutral slump of . Compared to , it doesn't feel stripped to pure business green. It lands as a restrained, workroom tone: deeper lightness, slightly lower saturation, and an earthy-cool undertone that reads intentional without shouting.

I use Forestry for data-dense interfaces where you want the hierarchy to be clear but not heavy. Think field monitoring consoles, maintenance and fleet tablets, and sustainability reporting dashboards that need green for states and legends without turning murky. It's great for map label chips, filter tags, and secondary headings where you still want "go" to feel grounded, not wet. If you're building dark UI themes, it also plays nicer than brighter greens that can look leafy against the rest.

One quirk: pair it with crisp off-whites or cool grays so the undertone doesn't drift toward brown on smaller text and thin strokes.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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10.67:1AAA

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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9.79:1AAA

On Gray 900 #18181b

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1.66:1Fail

On Black #000000

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1.97:1Fail

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