Lush

#c5bda0

Light, cool olive-green for airy UI backgrounds

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About Lush

Lush is the green-neutral I notice when a layout needs to feel alive, but not grassy. Compared with and , it stays cleaner and more green-leaning, not sand-leaning or brown-leaning. It's lighter than those heavier warm neutrals, and the undertone reads more leaf-soft than earth-dust.

For real work, it shows up nicely in dashboards for health, food, and sustainability brands where you want calm surfaces behind data cards and charts. I also reach for it for UI panels, settings screens, and CMS editorial backgrounds when the brand direction can't go too yellow like , but still needs warmth. The mood is "fresh quiet," not beige office neutral.

Pair it with deep forest accents, slate grays, or near-white typography so it doesn't look washed next to stronger greens. If your imagery trends cool, expect Lush to hold steady better than the sandier options, but still sanity-check against your dominant tones.

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On White #ffffff

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1.88:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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9.42:1AAA

On Black #000000

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11.16:1AAA

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