Snakes in the Grass
#889717
Softer grass-olive with muted warmth for charts
About Snakes in the Grass
On a light UI mock, Snakes in the Grass reads like that lived-in green you'd find on a weathered field label or a drawer liner that's seen a lot of hands. It's not the yellow-forward kick of brighter chart greens, and it doesn't sink into BioShock's muddy warmth. Compared to Densetsu Green, it feels a touch more olive and centered, less ink-murk, with a steadier, mid-depth presence.
I use it when the interface needs a controlled green that still looks intentional: status pills, workflow steps, and section dividers in industrial dashboards and operations platforms. It also shows up well in editorial systems where you want "go" without screaming, especially alongside dark type and warm off-whites. This shade sits closer to Chorus of Frogs in restraint, but it's less gray and more olive-green, so it doesn't feel quite as resigned.
Quirk: keep it near materials with some warmth, like aged wood or stone. Next to cool steel grays it can turn flat and slightly hard, where the nearby greens would stay friendlier.
Code snippets
Copy this color into your project.
Contrast checker
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
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
Variations
Shades
Darker variations, created by mixing toward black.
Tints
Lighter variations, created by mixing toward white.
Tones
Muted variations, created by reducing saturation.
Hues
Hue rotations around the color wheel.
Temperatures
Warm and cool shifts of this color.
Color harmonies
Suggested palettes
Palettes built around this color.
Community palettes
Published palettes that include this color.
Similar colors
Create a gradient with Snakes in the Grass
Open the generator with this color pre-loaded.
Start creating