Kamakura era
Spring Green & Ink— 萌黄と墨
Young shoot green against sumi ink — the two extremes of the Japanese calligrapher's world.
green · 1 palette
萌黄
Spring shoot green
Moegi (萌黄) is a mid-tone, muted green tone. Its hex value is #A7C957 — that is
RGB 167, 201, 87, or HSL 78°, 51%, 56%.
Spring shoot green.
It holds 11.1:1 contrast against dark, so Moegi works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 1.9:1; on black 11.1:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Moegi appears in 1 combination — most often paired with Sumi and Kinari.
Moegi appears in 1 combination from the archive.
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