GREEN

Fern Green

#4F7942

Conversions

HEX#4F7942

RGBrgb(79, 121, 66)

HSLhsl(106, 29%, 37%)

HSVhsv(106, 45%, 47%)

CMYKcmyk(35%, 0%, 45%, 53%)

Copy CSS

color: #4f7942;
/* rgb  */ color: rgb(79, 121, 66);
/* hsl  */ color: hsl(106, 29%, 37%);

Contrast

On whitePass · 5.07 : 1

On ink blackFail · 3.78 : 1

Shades

Tints

Pairings

About Fern Green

Fern Green is the hex color #4F7942, which translates to rgb(79, 121, 66) in RGB and hsl(106, 29%, 37%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 106 degrees, with a saturation of 29 percent and a lightness of 37 percent. That combination puts Fern Green in the workable middle of the green family, neither pastel nor fully saturated.

How Fern Green compares

The closest standard CSS keyword is darkolivegreen (#556B2F), a CIE76 distance of 9.7 away in CIELAB. That is a visible difference, so the keyword is not a substitute here. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is green-800 (#016630), at a distance of 16.1. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Fern at 7.7. Sorted by lightness, Fern Green is number 17 of the 30 green colors here.

Text on Fern Green

One of the five common text colors below clears WCAG AA for normal text on Fern Green, led by White at 5.07:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Fern Green already loaded as the background.

Contrast of common text colors on Fern Green. AA normal text needs 4.5:1, AA large text and non-text elements need 3:1, AAA normal text needs 7:1.
Text color	Ratio	AA normal	AA large	AAA normal
White #FFFFFF	5.07:1	Pass	Pass	Fail
Ink black #0F0F12	3.78:1	Fail	Pass	Fail
Mid grey #6B7280	1.05:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Dark grey #374151	2.04:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Light grey #E5E7EB	4.09:1	Fail	Pass	Fail

Building a palette around Fern Green

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Fern Green for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

Full values for Fern Green

Format	Value
HEX	#4F7942
RGB	rgb(79, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(106, 29%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(106, 45%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 0%, 45%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.0946 138.59)
CIELAB	lab(46.62 -25.91 25.59)

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.