Tender Shoot

#accb35

Soft spring yellow-green for calm highlights

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About Tender Shoot

On a map mockup, Tender Shoot feels like fresh growth that's already been filtered through daylight. It's a soft, yellow-green that lands bright without going neon, and it never turns syrupy like more lime-leaning options. Compared to , it's cleaner and slightly more energetic, with less "quiet skylight" softness. Compared to , it carries more lime clarity and less warm friendliness.

I reach for it in dashboard status states and vegetation-heavy data views for ag-tech, forestry monitoring, and logistics mapping, especially when you want progress and health indicators to read immediately but not shout. It also holds up well on tinted panels in health, food, and sustainability interfaces, where you need clarity without slipping toward the dull olive territory. If you've used before for urgency, Tender Shoot is the calmer mid-step: same family, less electric bite.

Quirk: pair it with neutral whites or warm grays, and avoid very cool screen-greens next to it or the shade can start to look generic.

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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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1.85:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.70:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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9.57:1AAA

On Black #000000

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11.35:1AAA

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