Then I follow the link to the original [2] chart, which claims RGB values of 80/186/15, except for the odd one which is 97/192/4. But my color picker is showing the same as before: everything is 0/199-206/0.
Something is not right here.
Edit: Here are the two colors he intended, based on the labeling of [2]. I can tell them apart.
https://www.webpagefx.com/web-design/color-picker/50BA0F
https://www.webpagefx.com/web-design/color-picker/61C004
[1] In Mac OS X you can pull up the "digital color picker" from spotlight search.
[2] had to to change to http from https ... should be safe for this context: http://origin.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ring...