What color is #73D400?

#73D400 is a vivid yellow-green, closest to the named color King Lizard. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #73D400?

The RGB value is 115, 212, 0: 115 red, 212 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #73D400?

The complementary color is #6100D4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #73D400?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 and white text 1.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#73D400 color

#73D400 rgb(115, 212, 0)

Shades of green

The hex color #73D400 is a vivid yellow-green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.1% red, 83.1% green and 0% blue (115, 212, 0).

Its hue angle is 87°, with 100% saturation and 42% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 46% cyan, 0% magenta, 100% yellow and 17% black.

The closest named color is King Lizard (#77DD22), a difference of 2.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 11.15:1).

#73D400 color codes

HEX	`#73D400`
RGB	`rgb(115, 212, 0)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.1%, 83.1%, 0%)`
HSL	`hsl(87, 100%, 42%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(87, 100%, 83%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(46%, 0%, 100%, 17%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(76.52, -56.04, 75.12)`
CIE LCH	`lch(76.52, 93.72, 126.72)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(30.613, 50.73, 8.179)`
Decimal	`7590912`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #73D400, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #73D400	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	11.15:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#73D400 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.88:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	11.15:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #73D400 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #73d400; }
.text { color: #73d400; }
.border { border: 2px solid #73d400; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(115 212 0 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #73d400, #09d400); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Kiwi.

Questions

What color is #73D400?: #73D400 is a vivid yellow-green, closest to the named color King Lizard. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #73D400?: The RGB value is 115, 212, 0: 115 red, 212 green and 0 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #73D400?: The complementary color is #6100D4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #73D400?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 11.15:1 and white text 1.88:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.