Colour

#74DA0C

#74DA0C
Green
Light
Nearest: Green yellow

#74DA0C is a green with RGB values 116, 218, 12 and HSL 90°, 90%, 45%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 11.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Green yellow.

Colour values

#74DA0C#74DA0C

HEX#74DA0C

RGBrgb(116, 218, 12)

RGB (0–1)0.4549, 0.8549, 0.0471

RGB percentages45.5%, 85.5%, 4.7%

HSLhsl(89.7, 89.6%, 45.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(89.7, 94.5%, 85.5%)

CMYK46.8%, 0%, 94.5%, 14.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer7,657,996

CSS custom property--colour: #74DA0C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.53882WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness178.7 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 11.78:1

Contrast with white1.78:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black11.78:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#B5B5B5

Inverted#8B25F3

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#E2C700no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 51.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#D5BF32no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Tritanopia#71D1B9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 76.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.78:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text11.78:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Green yellow · ΔE 15.9 Lawn green · ΔE 17.3 Limegreen · ΔE 17.8 Chartreuse · ΔE 18.5 Yellow green · ΔE 21.8 Lime · ΔE 30.9

Nearest named CSS colourGreen yellow (#ADFF2F)ΔE 15.91, a distinctly different colour

Hue familygreen

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#720CDA

Analogous#DAD90C, #0DDA0C

Triadic#0C74DA, #DA0C74

Split complementary#0C0DDA, #D90CDA

Tetradic#0CDAD9, #720CDA, #DA0C0D

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D9FBB7

Lighter +30%#C0F887

Lighter +20%#A7F656

Lighter +10%#8DF326

Darker −10%#5AAA09

Darker −20%#417907

Darker −30%#274904

Darker −40%#0D1901

More saturated +25%#74E600

Less saturated −25%#74BD29

Channel breakdown

R116

G218

B12

Red116 (45.5%)

Green218 (85.5%)

Blue12 (4.7%)

Hue89.71°

Saturation (HSL)89.57%

Lightness45.1%

Dominant channelGreen

Hex per channelR 74 · G DA · B 0C

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Colour values

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