Dolly

#f5f171

Warm, soft chartreuse for gentle, high-visibility highlights

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About Dolly

Dolly (#f5f171) reads like the pale note you notice at the edge of a spring field photo. It's light and almost milky, but it doesn't drift into the washed-out look of . Compared to , it has a softer, greener tilt instead of that punchy chartreuse highlight energy.

For UI work, I'd use Dolly as a low-pressure emphasis when you want "green family" without shouting. Think editorial and wellness media: background tints for article callouts, soft state fills behind onboarding steps, and gentle highlights in health and food app feeds. It also shows up nicely in dashboards for logistics and retail, where you want progress panels and filter chips to feel optimistic rather than alert-y.

Quirk: because it sits so close to near-white, it needs a slightly deeper companion (light gray borders or a stronger green) to keep edges from going blurry.

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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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1.19:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.09:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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14.94:1AAA

On Black #000000

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17.70:1AAA

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