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#7dac49

a balanced, soft green · neutral · closest name: Olive Drab

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
125, 172, 73
HSL
89°, 40%, 48%
CMYK
27, 0, 58, 33
Luminance
0.3435

#7dac49 is a balanced soft green, 89° on the wheel and 49/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.87:1). As text it scores 2.67:1 on white — use #5E8137 instead. Nearest name is Olive Drab, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(89 40% 48%)rgb(125 172 73)Base step 600AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7dac49 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7dac49
Hue
89°
green
Saturation
40%
soft
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
67%
HSV value
Perceived
59%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3435
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
49/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.87:1
Closest name
Olive Drab
ΔE2000 9.8
Chroma
55.5
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.689
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#669933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue89° of 360°
Saturation40%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7dac49.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool49% 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
Red13%
Green86%
Blue1%

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

Every format

HEX#7dac49
HEX (8-digit)#7dac49ff
RGBrgb(125, 172, 73)
RGBArgba(125, 172, 73, 1)
HSLhsl(89, 40%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(88, 58%, 67%)
HWBhwb(89 29% 33%)
CMYKcmyk(27%, 0%, 58%, 33%)
LABlab(65.2 -32.3 45.1)
LCHlch(65.2 55.5 125.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.689 0.139 130.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(24.41, 34.35, 11.65)
Decimal8236105
Display P3color(display-p3 0.490 0.675 0.286)
Web-safe#669933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7dac49;
background-color: #7dac49;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7dac49;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7dac49] bg-[#7dac49]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7dac49;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.490, green: 0.675, blue: 0.286)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.490, green: 0.675, blue: 0.286, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7DAC49</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7DAC49)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7DAC49)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(73, 172, 125)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(125, 172, 73)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(125, 172, 73)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 125, 172, 73)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4902f, 0.6745f, 0.2863f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{125,172,73}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7dac49 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7dac49 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#415A26, #E1EDD4);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7dac49 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: #F7FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F0F5EB;
  --brand-200: #DEEAD2;
  --brand-300: #C8DEB0;
  --brand-400: #ADCD89;
  --brand-500: #91BC61;
  --brand-600: #7dac49;
  --brand-700: #688F3D;
  --brand-800: #537331;
  --brand-900: #3E5426;
  --brand-950: #273418;
  --brand: #7dac49;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D7E7C6;
  --brand-hover: #6B933E;
  --brand-pressed: #587A34;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1C2414;
    --brand-ink: #E1EDD4;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7FAF5',
        100: '#F0F5EB',
        200: '#DEEAD2',
        300: '#C8DEB0',
        400: '#ADCD89',
        500: '#91BC61',
        600: '#7dac49',
        700: '#688F3D',
        800: '#537331',
        900: '#3E5426',
        950: '#273418',
        DEFAULT: '#7dac49',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7FAF5,
  '100': #F0F5EB,
  '200': #DEEAD2,
  '300': #C8DEB0,
  '400': #ADCD89,
  '500': #91BC61,
  '600': #7dac49,
  '700': #688F3D,
  '800': #537331,
  '900': #3E5426,
  '950': #273418,
);
$brand-base: #7dac49;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0F5EB", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DEEAD2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C8DEB0", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#ADCD89", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#91BC61", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#7dac49", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#688F3D", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#537331", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#3E5426", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#273418", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7dac49 · 7.87:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.67:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.87:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7dac49 as text scores 2.67:1 on white and 7.87:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #415A26 at 2.90:1.

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
#5E8137 · 4.50:1
AA on white−12% L
#5E8137
The quick fox
#445D28 · 7.39:1
AAA on white−22% L
#445D28
The quick fox
#7dac49 · 7.87:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7dac49
The quick fox
#7dac49 · 7.87:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7dac49

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #75A144 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
#7dac49 on white: 2.67:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7dac49 on black: 7.87:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7dac49 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7dac49.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.67:1AaAa
Slate 502.55:1AaAa
Slate 1002.44:1AaAa
Slate 2002.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.80:1AaAa
Slate 4001.04:1AaAa
Slate 5001.78:1AaAa
Slate 6002.84:1AaAa
Slate 7003.88:1AaAa
Slate 8005.48:1AaAa
Slate 9006.69:1AaAa
Black7.87:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B3A13F
deuteranopia · #AC9D50
tritanopia · #7FA596

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. #7dac49 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7FAF5
#F0F5EB
#DEEAD2
#C8DEB0
#ADCD89
#91BC61
#7dac49
#688F3D
#537331
#3E5426
#273418
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7FAF5Darkest = 950 · #273418Text step on white = 800
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 0.035 130.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.056 130.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.084 130.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.109 130.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.128 130.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.139 130.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.139 130.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.131 130.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.117 130.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.097 130.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.077 130.5);
}

Colors that work with #7dac49

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#D7E7C6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#759B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#5D44B1
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#415A26
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3F7ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1C2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#6B933E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#587A34
Two steps down
Disabled#B3C3A2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#88C247
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 #7dac49

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

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • 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 #415A26
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #75A144

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.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

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

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight52/100
  • 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#7849AC
Analogous left#ACA949
Analogous right#4BAC49
Split-complement 1#494BAC
Split-complement 2#A949AC
Triadic 1#497DAC
Triadic 2#AC497D
Tetradic#49ACA9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°89°

#7dac49 sits at 89°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red49.0%
Green67.5%
Blue28.6%
R · 0–255
125
0x7d
G · 0–255
172
0xac
B · 0–255
73
0x49

CMYK percentages

Cyan27.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow57.6%
Key (black)32.5%

Total ink coverage is 117%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7dac49 text on a black background

contrast 7.87:1

Card sample

#7dac49 text on a white background

contrast 2.67:1

Card sample

#7dac49 on grey

2.44:1

#7dac49 on its own surface

2.54:1

#7dac49 on its dark surface

6.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7dac49;
Background color
Panel with #7dac49 background
background-color: #7dac49;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7dac49;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(125, 172, 73, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(125, 172, 73, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7dac49;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7dac49, #49AC57);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7dac49, #49AC70);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7dac49;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7dac49;
caret-color: #7dac49;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7dac49;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3F7ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7dac49;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7dac49 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7dac49 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(125, 172, 73, 0.5)
rgb(125 172 73 / 50%)
#7dac4980
hsl(89 40% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7dac49 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7dac491a#F2F7ED
20%#7dac4933#E5EEDB
40%#7dac4966#CBDEB6
60%#7dac4999#B1CD92
80%#7dac49cc#97BD6D

Gradients from #7dac49

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, #9BC270, #7dac49 45%, #415A26);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7dac49, #409653);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7dac49, #7849AC);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #AACB85 0%, #7dac49 45%, #415A26 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%, #BFB669 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #5AB960 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #415A26 0%, transparent 65%), #7dac49;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7dac49

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.

#7dac49 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 7.87:1.

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.

#7dac49, answered

What color is #7dac49?

#7dac49 is a balanced soft green, closest to Olive Drab (ΔE2000 9.8). It sits at 89° on the hue wheel with 40% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #7dac49?

rgb(125, 172, 73) — 125 red, 172 green and 73 blue out of 255, or 49% / 67.5% / 28.6% by channel.

What is #7dac49 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(89, 40%, 48%) and hsv(88, 58%, 67%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7dac49 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3435 and perceived brightness is 59%, so black text on it reaches 7.87:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7dac49?

Black. It scores 7.87:1 against #7dac49, versus 2.67:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7dac49 accessible on a white background?

#7dac49 on white scores 2.67:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #5E8137 to reach 4.5:1, or #445D28 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7dac49?

#7849AC sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #494BAC and #A949AC, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7dac49?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D7E7C6 for borders, #759B4B for secondary text, #5D44B1 as an accent and #415A26 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #ACA949 and #4BAC49 stays calm, while #7849AC is the loudest partner.

What is #7dac49 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(27%, 0%, 58%, 33%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7dac49 warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 49 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A1AC49; nudged cooler, #57AE47.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7dac49?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7dac49 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7dac49 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7dac49] or text-[#7dac49], 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 #7dac49 with 50% opacity?

rgba(125, 172, 73, 0.5), or #7dac4980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BED6A4; over black, #3F5625.

Is #7dac49 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669933, ΔE2000 6.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7dac49 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 moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #7dac49?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9BC270, #7dac49 45%, #415A26). For more colour, a short hue run to #409653 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7dac49 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7dac49 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.