Greenlight Palette Study

This is the site as it looks right now, shown so the other five have something to be compared against. Warm cream everywhere, dark brown-black text, brand green kept mostly for buttons and the traffic light.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 2.01:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it does not clear the bar, the same as it doesn't on the current live site today.

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Cozy, a little bit date-night-at-dusk. The green button and the traffic light both pop harder against dark brown than they do on cream, and every piece of text we checked stays easy to read. The tradeoff: this is a much bigger mood swing than the others — it reads more “craft coffee brand” than “dating app,” and would want a gut check with real people before going further.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 7.28:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it actually clears the bar here, because green reads well against a dark ground.

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Near-black with warm off-white text and a brighter mint-green accent. This is genuinely the best-looking version of the traffic light section — the red, amber and green lamps glow like they're supposed to. It's premium-looking, but it's a bigger identity shift than a color tune-up — this reads as a deliberate dark-mode option, not a retheme of the current cream site.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 8.61:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it actually clears the bar here, because green reads well against a dark ground.

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The lightest and airiest option — closer to true white than today's cream, with warm walnut-brown text instead of near-black. It reads a little more modern-lifestyle-app and a little less vintage-stationery than today. Contrast is excellent everywhere we measured. If the goal is to feel brighter and more open without losing the brown/cream warmth, this is the safe, obvious next step.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 2.22:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it does not clear the bar, the same as it doesn't on the current live site today.

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Same cream cards as today, but the page background shifts from warm cream to a soft, desaturated sage green. Honestly, this is the weakest of the five: at a glance it can read as “today, but slightly duller” rather than a clear new direction, and the green-tinted ground competes with the brand-green accent instead of setting it off. We'd cut this one first unless the team specifically wants a quieter, more muted feel.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 1.72:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it does not clear the bar, the same as it doesn't on the current live site today.

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Cream and near-black with bold brown structural lines instead of today's soft tan hairlines — think a nicely printed invitation. Green is dialed back to just the Accept button and the traffic light, so it reads as a real accent instead of a mascot color. This is the most editorial, highest-contrast version, and probably the safest one-notch-bolder update if the goal is to sharpen up the current look rather than replace it.

Pre-existing site quirk, not introduced by this variant: the site already uses the raw brand green as text color in two spots (the italic word in the headline, and the small all-caps section labels). On this variant's background that pairing measures 2.06:1 against the 4.5:1 accessibility minimum for normal text — and it does not clear the bar, the same as it doesn't on the current live site today.

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