Rural Green

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Earthy, dimmed green for grounded charts

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About Rural Green

Rural Green looks like field-stained vegetation after the sun drops, not chartreuse and not olive oil. It's a muted green-brown with a calm, earthy undertone, and it reads a touch less yellow than while feeling less gray and worn than or .

I use it as the background that stays quiet but present: settings panels, map overlay callouts, and long-form editorial section bands where you still want green identity without going toward brass-settled neutrality. In practice, it shows up in logistics and agtech dashboards, ingredient and wellness packaging systems, and product pages that sit next to photography. It also behaves nicely for charts and interface states, because it's medium-light and softly saturated, not a heavy wash.

Pair it with charcoal and warm off-whites, and keep highlights slightly cooler. If your accents are too honeyed, it'll start to feel closer to the warmer yellow-green end of the family.

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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.

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3.79:1FailAA Large

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4.67:1AAAAA Large

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5.54:1AAAAA Large

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