Under the Sun

#efd100

Lighter, cleaner chartreuse for sunlit highlights

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About Under the Sun

On my screen, Under the Sun looks like a sunlit label on a lab shelf: bright, grassy-yellow, and noticeably more yellow-golden than the softer primrose hit of . It reads warmer than pure lemon but it doesn't turn frothy or buttery like . Compared with , this one feels less "smooth restraint" and more ready to grab attention, with a cleaner, tighter glow that stays distinctly yellow-gold rather than heading toward chartreuse.

I use it as the one you reach for when you need a sunny attention marker that's still in the green family: product tiles for health and wellness brands, ingredient callouts in food or supplement ecommerce, and hero-step highlights in onboarding flows where the goal is quick recognition, not candy brightness. On banners over light photography, it sits well without turning into the "smoother hold back" vibe can have.

Quirk: keep it off warm creams unless you like the shade to lean more yellow than green. For text, a deeper olive or cool charcoal keeps it crisp.

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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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1.52:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.63:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.79:1AAA

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