Sickly Green Color
Sickly Green is a yellow green color with hex code #94B21C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with sickly green, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Sickly Green Color Values
What Does Sickly Green Mean?
Sickly Green belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. Sickly Green sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Sickly Green is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: vivid yellow green, #8DB600).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Sickly Green
Sickly Green and #391CB0 are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #B0841C and #48B01C, which sit beside sickly green on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair sickly green with triadic partners #1C93B0 and #B01C93. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Pea Green —
#8EAB12(Delta E 3) - Icky Green —
#8FAE22(Delta E 3) - Sick Green —
#9DB92C(Delta E 3) - Barf Green —
#94AC02(Delta E 4) - Booger Green —
#96B403(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #94B21C; }
.background { background-color: #94B21C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #94B21C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #94B21C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for sickly green?
Sickly Green has the hex code #94B21C. In RGB notation it is rgb(148, 178, 28), in HSL it is hsl(72, 73%, 40%), and its OKLCH value is 0.716, 0.165, 121.3.
What does the color sickly green mean?
Yellow Green-family colors like sickly green carry distinct psychological associations. Sickly Green belongs to the yellow green family of colors. Yellow greens read as new growth: seedlings, spring lawns, the flesh of a lime. They bring a freshness that deeper greens can't, and they sit naturally beside browns and earth tones in plant-heavy palettes. Sickly Green sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with sickly green?
Sickly Green has three easy routes: its complement #391CB0 for punch, its neighbors #B0841C and #48B01C for something calmer, or triadic partners #1C93B0 and #B01C93 when you want energy.
Is sickly green a standard web color?
No — Sickly Green is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #94B21C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make sickly green lighter or darker?
To lighten sickly green, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #F1F8D3 (lightest tint) to #1A1F05 (darkest shade).
About Sickly Green
Sickly Green is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow Green hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #94B21C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.