High Grass

#bbdd00

Lime-yellow chartreuse with airy, UI-friendly clarity

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About High Grass

High Grass is the kind of green you notice on a sunlit lawn right after mowing, when the blades look bright but still natural. It feels clean and grassy without sliding into the lemony highlight of , and it doesn't pick up 's extra warmth. Compared with , it stays less chartreuse and less "inked," so it reads lighter and calmer instead of urgent.

I use it for dashboards and finance apps when you want quick scan clarity with a friendlier temperature than those warmer-gold greens, especially for status chips in logistics portals, vegetation or asset overlays in field maps, and category filters in wellness and retail dashboards. It also behaves nicely in editorial chart accents where you need green that stays readable next to off-whites and charcoal.

Quirk: on very pure white it can feel a touch airy, so I'll pair it with a slightly deeper green border or a muted background. the one you reach for when you want daylight energy that doesn't shout.

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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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1.56:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.43:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.35:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.46:1AAA

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