Colors Encyclopedia

Named color

Willow Green

Willow Green is a muted and earth tone green color with HEX #A8B88F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 168, 184, 143, HSL 83, 22%, 64%, cool temperature, and is useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes.

#A8B88F green cool mutedearth-tone
HEX #A8B88F
RGB rgb(168, 184, 143)
HSL hsl(83 22% 64%)
CMYK cmyk(9, 0, 22, 28)
Luminance 0.4459
Contrast Black 9.92:1White 2.12:1

CSS Utilities

--color-willow-green: #A8B88F;
.bg-willow-green { background-color: #A8B88F; }
.text-willow-green { color: #A8B88F; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4459
Black text9.92:1AA Pass
White text2.12:1AA Fail
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    22,
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  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#36454F"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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  ],
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    "#B78FA8"
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    "#A8B88F",
    "#7B8F5B"
  ]
}
Variants
{
  "light": "#D3DBC7",
  "dark": "#7B8F5B",
  "saturated": "#ADCC7B",
  "desaturated": "#A3A3A3",
  "pastel": "#E3E5E1",
  "neon": "#C8FF70"
}
Pairings
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    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#D3DBC7",
    "#A3A3A3"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "sage-gray",
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  ],
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    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
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    "natural product design",
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  ],
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      "organic texture"
    ],
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      "floral design",
      "garden brands",
      "lifestyle",
      "packaging"
    ],
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  },
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      "#D3DBC7"
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      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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Color meaning and use

About Willow Green Color

Willow Green sits in the green family with cool temperature and muted and earth tone visual character. Willow Green is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include life, seasonality, and organic texture, which makes it relevant for floral design and garden brands. In design work, Willow Green is most useful for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, especially when paired with black text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Green color familyBrowse named green colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Muted colorsFind colors with muted visual character.Earth Tone colorsFind colors with earth tone visual character.Willow Green accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #A8B88F.Willow Green CSS utilitiesUse Willow Green in CSS variables and utility classes.#A8B88F HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Willow Green paletteOpen the generated palette based on Willow Green.Willow Green harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Willow Green against black and white text.

Black text9.92:1AA Pass
White text2.12:1AA Fail
AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F
AAA text options#000000, #1A1A1A
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Laurel Green#A9BA9D
Sage Green#9CAF88
Sage Gray#B2AC88
Greige#B0A999
Cement#A5A391

Color Harmonies

#9E8FB7#9E8FB7
#B7B38F#B7B38F
#94B78F#94B78F
#8FA8B7#8FA8B7
#B78FA8#B78FA8
Open full Willow Green harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#D3DBC7#D3DBC7
#7B8F5B#7B8F5B
#ADCC7B#ADCC7B
#A3A3A3#A3A3A3
#E3E5E1#E3E5E1
#C8FF70#C8FF70

Pairings

Black#000000
#9E8FB7#9E8FB7
#B7B38F#B7B38F
#94B78F#94B78F
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5