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Kelly Green Palette

Kelly Green Palette: #4CBB17, #8617BA, #9CBA17, #17BA35. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Kelly Green Palette assigns primary #4CBB17, secondary #8617BA, surface #9CBA17, background #17BA35, accent #000000. The set spans Green, Purple, and Gray families with cool and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #9CBA17 at 0.4225; black gives higher contrast on 3 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Kelly Green Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#4CBB17Kelly Green
Secondary#8617BA#8617BA
Surface#9CBA17#9CBA17
Background#17BA35#17BA35
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-kelly-green-primary: #4CBB17;
--palette-kelly-green-secondary: #8617BA;
--palette-kelly-green-surface: #9CBA17;
--palette-kelly-green-background: #17BA35;
--palette-kelly-green-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Kelly Green Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#4CBB17
Black 8.43:1 · White 2.49:1
Best #000000
Secondary#8617BA
Black 2.85:1 · White 7.38:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#9CBA17
Black 9.45:1 · White 2.22:1
Best #000000
Background#17BA35
Black 8.11:1 · White 2.59:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Kelly Green Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Kelly Green Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Kelly Green Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3714
Black text8.43:1AA Pass
White text2.49:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#4CBB17",
    "name": "Kelly Green"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#8617BA",
    "name": "#8617BA"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#9CBA17",
    "name": "#9CBA17"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#17BA35",
    "name": "#17BA35"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#4CBB17",
    "name": "Kelly Green",
    "blackContrast": 8.43,
    "whiteContrast": 2.49,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#8617BA",
    "name": "#8617BA",
    "blackContrast": 2.85,
    "whiteContrast": 7.38,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#9CBA17",
    "name": "#9CBA17",
    "blackContrast": 9.45,
    "whiteContrast": 2.22,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#17BA35",
    "name": "#17BA35",
    "blackContrast": 8.11,
    "whiteContrast": 2.59,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "kelly green palette",
  "generated palette",
  "green palette",
  "purple palette",
  "gray palette",
  "vibrant palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-kelly-green-primary: #4CBB17;\n--palette-kelly-green-secondary: #8617BA;\n--palette-kelly-green-surface: #9CBA17;\n--palette-kelly-green-background: #17BA35;\n--palette-kelly-green-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "kelly-green",
  "name": "Kelly Green Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "kelly-green",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Kelly Green, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Kelly Green Palette combines primary #4CBB17, secondary #8617BA, surface #9CBA17, background #17BA35, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a green palette, purple palette, gray palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "kelly green palette",
    "generated palette",
    "green palette",
    "purple palette",
    "gray palette",
    "vibrant palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4CBB17",
      "slug": "kelly-green",
      "name": "Kelly Green",
      "rgb": [
        76,
        187,
        23
      ],
      "hsl": [
        101,
        78,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        59,
        0,
        88,
        27
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3714,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.43,
        "white": 2.49
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/kelly-green/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8617BA",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8617BA",
      "rgb": [
        134,
        23,
        186
      ],
      "hsl": [
        281,
        78,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        28,
        88,
        0,
        27
      ],
      "family": "purple",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.0923,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 2.85,
        "white": 7.38
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#9CBA17",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9CBA17",
      "rgb": [
        156,
        186,
        23
      ],
      "hsl": [
        71,
        78,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        16,
        0,
        88,
        27
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4225,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.45,
        "white": 2.22
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#17BA35",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#17BA35",
      "rgb": [
        23,
        186,
        53
      ],
      "hsl": [
        131,
        78,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        88,
        0,
        72,
        27
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3556,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.11,
        "white": 2.59
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4CBB17",
      "name": "Kelly Green"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8617BA",
      "name": "#8617BA"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#9CBA17",
      "name": "#9CBA17"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#17BA35",
      "name": "#17BA35"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#4CBB17",
      "name": "Kelly Green",
      "blackContrast": 8.43,
      "whiteContrast": 2.49,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8617BA",
      "name": "#8617BA",
      "blackContrast": 2.85,
      "whiteContrast": 7.38,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#9CBA17",
      "name": "#9CBA17",
      "blackContrast": 9.45,
      "whiteContrast": 2.22,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#17BA35",
      "name": "#17BA35",
      "blackContrast": 8.11,
      "whiteContrast": 2.59,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-kelly-green-primary: #4CBB17;\n--palette-kelly-green-secondary: #8617BA;\n--palette-kelly-green-surface: #9CBA17;\n--palette-kelly-green-background: #17BA35;\n--palette-kelly-green-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/kelly-green.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/kelly-green.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/kelly-green/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/kelly-green.json"
}
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