Candy Green

#33cc00

Light, candy-cool green for calm highlights

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About Candy Green

Candy Green is the one that actually pops without feeling like it's trying to kill you. It's brighter and more saturated than , but it trades that color's confidence for something sweeter, there's actual yellow in the mix here, which makes it feel less like a status light and more like something you'd want to look at for longer than a second. It's not as aggressive as 's pure electric punch, and it's got way more presence than 's warm glow.

You'll land it in interfaces where you need color to feel friendly and urgent at the same time. Motion graphics, call-to-action buttons on dark backgrounds, app notifications that shouldn't feel threatening, gaming UI elements where health or success is on the line. It works especially hard in mobile apps and web design where the sweetness matters, where you're asking users to engage rather than react. The saturation keeps it from disappearing at small sizes, and that yellow undertone means it reads warm enough to feel approachable.

Pair it with deep backgrounds and it sings. Pull it onto light neutrals and it needs actual breathing room or it starts looking thin and stretched. It's not a color that shrinks well.

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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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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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8.25:1AAA

On Black #000000

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