#74C242#74C242

#74C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.179 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74C242
RGB	rgb(116, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(97, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -45.87, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 71.50, 129.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1276 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.179 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4770, 42.6885, 11.9451)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74C242 #9042C2

analogous

#B4C242 #74C242 #42C250

triadic

#74C242 #4274C2 #C24274

tetradic

#74C242 #42B4C2 #9042C2 #C25042

square

#74C242 #42B4C2 #9042C2 #C25042

split-complementary

#74C242 #5042C2 #C242B4

monochromatic

#3D6822 #589631 #74C242 #96D170 #B8E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#74C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#74C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #74C242

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74C242	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72BBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.179 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d57c',
    500: '#74c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74c242;
$custom-light: #a1d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.563,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73751,
    "c": 0.17915,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74C242

secondary

#B694CC

accent

#4DDBA3

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #74C242

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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