Poisonous Pistachio
#88ee11
Sickly yellow-green note for sharp, urgent UI contrast
About Poisonous Pistachio
Poisonous Pistachio looks like a soft, sickly-tinted lime paint that's been mixed with a little olive. On my screen it lands vivid without going neon, but it feels more "tinge" than bright highlight. It's also noticeably more yellow-green than Luxurious Lime, and less glossy than Glorious Green Glitter, so the edges read clean rather than sparkly.
I reach for it when I need a go-state that still feels slightly risky or urgent, like dashboards for risk, labelling, and exception handling. Think inventory alerts in retail ops, batch status chips in food or pharma workflows, or "requires attention" badges in fintech document pipelines where Hypnotic Green would tip too hard into pure leaf intensity. the one you reach for when your UI needs that punchy green but you want it to sit a step closer to muted caution, not happy-check confidence.
Quirk: beside cool slates it stays crisp; with warm beige panels it can start to feel murky, so keep your backgrounds either cooler or cleaner.
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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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