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#7abe21

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

Token name suggestion: Shadow Jade

RGB
122, 190, 33
HSL
86°, 70%, 44%
CMYK
36, 0, 83, 26
Luminance
0.4107

#7abe21 is a dark vivid green, 86° on the wheel and 47/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (9.21:1). As text it scores 2.28:1 on white — use #538116 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(86 70% 44%)rgb(122 190 33)Base step 700AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #7abe21 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#7abe21
Hue
86°
green
Saturation
70%
vivid
Lightness
44%
dark
Brightness
75%
HSV value
Perceived
63%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.4107
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
47/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
9.21:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
78.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.729
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 3.9
Web-safe
#66CC33
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue86° of 360°
Saturation70%
Lightness44%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #7abe21.

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
Red10%
Green90%
Blue0%

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

Every format

HEX#7abe21
HEX (8-digit)#7abe21ff
RGBrgb(122, 190, 33)
RGBArgba(122, 190, 33, 1)
HSLhsl(86, 70%, 44%)
HSV / HSBhsv(86, 83%, 75%)
HWBhwb(86 13% 25%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 83%, 26%)
LABlab(70.2 -44.1 65.0)
LCHlch(70.2 78.6 124.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.729 0.190 131.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(26.71, 41.07, 7.96)
Decimal8044065
Display P3color(display-p3 0.478 0.745 0.129)
Web-safe#66CC33

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #7abe21;
background-color: #7abe21;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #7abe21;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#7abe21] bg-[#7abe21]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #7abe21;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.478, green: 0.745, blue: 0.129)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.478, green: 0.745, blue: 0.129, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#7ABE21</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF7ABE21)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF7ABE21)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(33, 190, 122)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(122, 190, 33)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(122, 190, 33)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 122, 190, 33)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4784f, 0.7451f, 0.1294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{122,190,33}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #7abe21 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #7abe21 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#466D13, #E2EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #7abe21 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: #F1F8E7;
  --brand-200: #E1F2C9;
  --brand-300: #CCEE9F;
  --brand-400: #B3E670;
  --brand-500: #99DE40;
  --brand-600: #86D124;
  --brand-700: #7abe21;
  --brand-800: #598B18;
  --brand-900: #426516;
  --brand-950: #2A3F0D;
  --brand: #7abe21;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #D9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #669F1C;
  --brand-pressed: #538116;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D2414;
    --brand-ink: #E2EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FCF3',
        100: '#F1F8E7',
        200: '#E1F2C9',
        300: '#CCEE9F',
        400: '#B3E670',
        500: '#99DE40',
        600: '#86D124',
        700: '#7abe21',
        800: '#598B18',
        900: '#426516',
        950: '#2A3F0D',
        DEFAULT: '#7abe21',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FCF3,
  '100': #F1F8E7,
  '200': #E1F2C9,
  '300': #CCEE9F,
  '400': #B3E670,
  '500': #99DE40,
  '600': #86D124,
  '700': #7abe21,
  '800': #598B18,
  '900': #426516,
  '950': #2A3F0D,
);
$brand-base: #7abe21;
$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": "#F1F8E7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E1F2C9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CCEE9F", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B3E670", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#99DE40", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#86D124", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#7abe21", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#598B18", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#426516", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2A3F0D", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #7abe21 · 9.21:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.28:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 9.21:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #7abe21 as text scores 2.28:1 on white and 9.21:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #466D13 at 2.67:1.

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
#538116 · 4.65:1
AA on white−14% L
#538116
The quick fox
#3D5E10 · 7.48:1
AAA on white−22% L
#3D5E10
The quick fox
#7abe21 · 9.21:1
AA on blackalready passes
#7abe21
The quick fox
#7abe21 · 9.21:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#7abe21

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #69A41C 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
#7abe21 on white: 2.28:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#7abe21 on black: 9.21:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #7abe21 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #7abe21.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.28:1AaAa
Slate 502.18:1AaAa
Slate 1002.08:1AaAa
Slate 2001.85:1AaAa
Slate 3001.53:1AaAa
Slate 4001.13:1AaAa
Slate 5002.09:1AaAa
Slate 6003.33:1AaAa
Slate 7004.54:1AaAa
Slate 8006.42:1AaAa
Slate 9007.83:1AaAa
Black9.21:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #C7AF00
deuteranopia · #BDAA34
tritanopia · #7CB6A2

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. #7abe21 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
#F1F8E7
#E1F2C9
#CCEE9F
#B3E670
#99DE40
#86D124
#7abe21
#598B18
#426516
#2A3F0D
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F8FCF3Darkest = 950 · #2A3F0DText 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 0.047 131.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.076 131.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.114 131.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.148 131.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.175 131.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.190 131.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.190 131.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.178 131.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.159 131.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.133 131.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.104 131.4);
}

Colors that work with #7abe21

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#789B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#3B1DC2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#466D13
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3FBE9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#669F1C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#538116
Two steps down
Disabled#AABB94
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#87DB18
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 #7abe21

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 #466D13
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #69A41C

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight56/100
  • 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#6521BE
Analogous left#BEB321
Analogous right#2BBE21
Split-complement 1#212BBE
Split-complement 2#B321BE
Triadic 1#217ABE
Triadic 2#BE217A
Tetradic#21BEB3
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°86°

#7abe21 sits at 86°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red47.8%
Green74.5%
Blue12.9%
R · 0–255
122
0x7a
G · 0–255
190
0xbe
B · 0–255
33
0x21

CMYK percentages

Cyan35.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow82.6%
Key (black)25.5%

Total ink coverage is 144%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#7abe21 text on a black background

contrast 9.21:1

Card sample

#7abe21 text on a white background

contrast 2.28:1

Card sample

#7abe21 on grey

2.08:1

#7abe21 on its own surface

2.17:1

#7abe21 on its dark surface

7.01:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #7abe21;
Background color
Panel with #7abe21 background
background-color: #7abe21;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #7abe21;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(122, 190, 33, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(122, 190, 33, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #7abe21;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #7abe21, #21BE31);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7abe21, #21BE58);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #7abe21;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #7abe21;
caret-color: #7abe21;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #7abe21;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3FBE9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #7abe21;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#7abe21 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #7abe21 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(122, 190, 33, 0.5)
rgb(122 190 33 / 50%)
#7abe2180
hsl(86 70% 44% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #7abe21 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#7abe211a#F2F9E9
20%#7abe2133#E4F2D3
40%#7abe2166#CAE5A6
60%#7abe2199#AFD87A
80%#7abe21cc#95CB4D

Gradients from #7abe21

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, #99DE3F, #7abe21 45%, #466D13);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #7abe21, #1CA435);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #7abe21, #6521BE);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A7E259 0%, #7abe21 45%, #466D13 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%, #DCC336 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #26D828 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #466D13 0%, transparent 65%), #7abe21;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #7abe21

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.

#7abe21 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 9.21:1.

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.

#7abe21, answered

What color is #7abe21?

#7abe21 is a dark vivid green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 86° on the hue wheel with 70% saturation and 44% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #7abe21?

rgb(122, 190, 33) — 122 red, 190 green and 33 blue out of 255, or 47.8% / 74.5% / 12.9% by channel.

What is #7abe21 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(86, 70%, 44%) and hsv(86, 83%, 75%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #7abe21 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.4107 and perceived brightness is 63%, so black text on it reaches 9.21:1.

Should I use black or white text on #7abe21?

Black. It scores 9.21:1 against #7abe21, versus 2.28:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #7abe21 accessible on a white background?

#7abe21 on white scores 2.28:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #538116 to reach 4.5:1, or #3D5E10 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #7abe21?

#6521BE sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #212BBE and #B321BE, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #7abe21?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #D9EDC0 for borders, #789B4B for secondary text, #3B1DC2 as an accent and #466D13 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #BEB321 and #2BBE21 stays calm, while #6521BE is the loudest partner.

What is #7abe21 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(36%, 0%, 83%, 26%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #7abe21 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 #B3BE21; nudged cooler, #3FC01F.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #7abe21?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 3.9 away. That is a visible difference, so define #7abe21 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #7abe21 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#7abe21] or text-[#7abe21], 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 #7abe21 with 50% opacity?

rgba(122, 190, 33, 0.5), or #7abe2180 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #BDDF90; over black, #3D5F11.

Is #7abe21 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #66CC33, ΔE2000 5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #7abe21 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 #7abe21?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #99DE3F, #7abe21 45%, #466D13). For more colour, a short hue run to #1CA435 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #7abe21 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #7abe21 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.