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#76c01a

a dark, electric green · neutral · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Forest Fern

RGB
118, 192, 26
HSL
87°, 76%, 43%
CMYK
39, 0, 87, 25
Luminance
0.4163

#76c01a is a dark electric green, 87° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.33:1). As text it scores 2.25:1 on white — use #4F8111 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(87 76% 43%)rgb(118 192 26)Base step 700AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #76c01a is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#76c01a
Hue
87°
green
Saturation
76%
electric
Lightness
43%
dark
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4163
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
9.33:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
81.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.731
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 3.5
Web-safe
#66CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue87° of 360°
Saturation76%
Lightness43%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #76c01a.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool47% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red9%
Green91%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#76c01a
HEX (8-digit)#76c01aff
RGBrgb(118, 192, 26)
RGBArgba(118, 192, 26, 1)
HSLhsl(87, 76%, 43%)
HSV / HSBhsv(87, 86%, 75%)
HWBhwb(87 10% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(39%, 0%, 87%, 25%)
LABlab(70.6 -46.6 66.9)
LCHlch(70.6 81.6 124.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.731 0.197 132.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.51, 41.62, 7.61)
Decimal7782426
Display P3color(display-p3 0.463 0.753 0.102)
Web-safe#66CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #76c01a;
background-color: #76c01a;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #76c01a;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#76c01a] bg-[#76c01a]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #76c01a;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.463, green: 0.753, blue: 0.102)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.463, green: 0.753, blue: 0.102, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#76C01A</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF76C01A)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF76C01A)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(26, 192, 118)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(118, 192, 26)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(118, 192, 26)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 118, 192, 26)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4627f, 0.7529f, 0.1020f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{118,192,26}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #76c01a 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #76c01a 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#45700F, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #76c01a h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8FCF3;
  --brand-100: #F1F9E7;
  --brand-200: #E0F4C8;
  --brand-300: #CCF29C;
  --brand-400: #B2EB6B;
  --brand-500: #98E439;
  --brand-600: #85D81D;
  --brand-700: #76c01a;
  --brand-800: #589014;
  --brand-900: #426812;
  --brand-950: #29410B;
  --brand: #76c01a;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #63A016;
  --brand-pressed: #4F8111;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F1F9E7',
        200: '#E0F4C8',
        300: '#CCF29C',
        400: '#B2EB6B',
        500: '#98E439',
        600: '#85D81D',
        700: '#76c01a',
        800: '#589014',
        900: '#426812',
        950: '#29410B',
        DEFAULT: '#76c01a',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F1F9E7,
  '200': #E0F4C8,
  '300': #CCF29C,
  '400': #B2EB6B,
  '500': #98E439,
  '600': #85D81D,
  '700': #76c01a,
  '800': #589014,
  '900': #426812,
  '950': #29410B,
);
$brand-base: #76c01a;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F1F9E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E0F4C8", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCF29C", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B2EB6B", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#98E439", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#85D81D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#76c01a", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#589014", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#426812", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#29410B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #76c01a · 9.33:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.25:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.33:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #76c01a as text scores 2.25:1 on white and 9.33:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #45700F at 2.61:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#4F8111 · 4.69:1
AA on white−14% L
#4F8111
The quick fox
#3C610D · 7.22:1
AAA on white−21% L
#3C610D
The quick fox
#76c01a · 9.33:1
AA on blackalready passes
#76c01a
The quick fox
#76c01a · 9.33:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#76c01a

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #65A516 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#76c01a on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#76c01a on black: 9.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #76c01a as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #76c01a.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.25:1AaAa
Slate 502.15:1AaAa
Slate 1002.06:1AaAa
Slate 2001.83:1AaAa
Slate 3001.52:1AaAa
Slate 4001.14:1AaAa
Slate 5002.11:1AaAa
Slate 6003.36:1AaAa
Slate 7004.60:1AaAa
Slate 8006.50:1AaAa
Slate 9007.93:1AaAa
Black9.33:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C8B000
deuteranopia · #BEAB31
tritanopia · #77B8A3

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #76c01a is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FCF3
#F1F9E7
#E0F4C8
#CCF29C
#B2EB6B
#98E439
#85D81D
#76c01a
#589014
#426812
#29410B
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #29410BText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.049 132.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.079 132.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.118 132.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.153 132.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.181 132.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.197 132.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.197 132.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.185 132.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.165 132.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.138 132.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.108 132.3);
}

Colors that work with #76c01a

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#D9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#779B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3816C4
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#45700F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FCE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#63A016
One step down in lightness
Pressed#4F8111
Two steps down
Disabled#A7B991
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#82DE11
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #76c01a

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #45700F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #65A516

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight57/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#641AC0
Analogous left#C0B71A
Analogous right#23C01A
Split-complement 1#1A23C0
Split-complement 2#B71AC0
Triadic 1#1A76C0
Triadic 2#C01A76
Tetradic#1AC0B7
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°87°

#76c01a sits at 87°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red46.3%
Green75.3%
Blue10.2%
R · 0–255
118
0x76
G · 0–255
192
0xc0
B · 0–255
26
0x1a

CMYK percentages

Cyan38.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow86.5%
Key (black)24.7%

Total ink coverage is 150%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#76c01a text on a black background

contrast 9.33:1

Card sample

#76c01a text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

#76c01a on grey

2.06:1

#76c01a on its own surface

2.14:1

#76c01a on its dark surface

7.09:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #76c01a;
Background color
Panel with #76c01a background
background-color: #76c01a;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #76c01a;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(118, 192, 26, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(118, 192, 26, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #76c01a;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #76c01a, #1AC02D);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #76c01a, #1AC056);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #76c01a;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #76c01a;
caret-color: #76c01a;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #76c01a;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FCE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #76c01a;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#76c01a 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #76c01a over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(118, 192, 26, 0.5)
rgb(118 192 26 / 50%)
#76c01a80
hsl(87 76% 43% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #76c01a 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#76c01a1a#F1F9E8
20%#76c01a33#E4F2D1
40%#76c01a66#C8E6A3
60%#76c01a99#ADD976
80%#76c01acc#91CD48

Gradients from #76c01a

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #95E334, #76c01a 45%, #45700F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #76c01a, #16A532);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #76c01a, #641AC0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A3E74F 0%, #76c01a 45%, #45700F 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E2C92B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #1EDB23 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #45700F 0%, transparent 65%), #76c01a;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #76c01a

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#76c01a in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 9.33:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#76c01a, answered

What color is #76c01a?

#76c01a is a dark electric green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 87° on the hue wheel with 76% saturation and 43% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #76c01a?

rgb(118, 192, 26) — 118 red, 192 green and 26 blue out of 255, or 46.3% / 75.3% / 10.2% by channel.

What is #76c01a in HSL and HSV?

hsl(87, 76%, 43%) and hsv(87, 86%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #76c01a a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4163 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 9.33:1.

Should I use black or white text on #76c01a?

Black. It scores 9.33:1 against #76c01a, versus 2.25:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #76c01a accessible on a white background?

#76c01a on white scores 2.25:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #4F8111 to reach 4.5:1, or #3C610D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #76c01a?

#641AC0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #1A23C0 and #B71AC0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #76c01a?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #779B4B for secondary text, #3816C4 as an accent and #45700F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #C0B71A and #23C01A stays calm, while #641AC0 is the loudest partner.

What is #76c01a in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(39%, 0%, 87%, 25%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #76c01a warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 47 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B3C01A; nudged cooler, #38C218.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #76c01a?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 3.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #76c01a as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #76c01a in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#76c01a] or text-[#76c01a], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #76c01a with 50% opacity?

rgba(118, 192, 26, 0.5), or #76c01a80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BBE08D; over black, #3B600D.

Is #76c01a a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC33, ΔE2000 4.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #76c01a mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #76c01a?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #95E334, #76c01a 45%, #45700F). For more colour, a short hue run to #16A532 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #76c01a in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #76c01a at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.