#79A01B#79A01B

#79A01B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.157 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A01B
RGBrgb(121, 160, 27)
HSLhsl(78, 71%, 37%)
HSVhsv(78, 83%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(24.4%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.03, -31.44, 58.43)
CIE-LCHlch(61.03, 66.35, 118.28°)
OKLaboklab(65.35% -0.0915 0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(65.35% 0.157 125.7)
XYZxyz(20.6540, 29.2854, 5.6012)
Luminance0.2929 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A01B #421BA0
analogous
#A0851B #79A01B #37A01B
triadic
#79A01B #1B79A0 #A01B79
tetradic
#79A01B #1BA085 #421BA0 #A01B37
square
#79A01B #1BA085 #421BA0 #A01B37
split-complementary
#79A01B #1B37A0 #851BA0
monochromatic
#2A3709 #516C12 #79A01B #A1D424 #B8E253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06
#79A01B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86
#79A01B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79A01B
6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A01B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A01B1.003.066.866.86
#FFFFFF3.061.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8621.001.001.00
##0000006.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A99500
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A4932A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7F9888
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.157 125.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bc65',
    500: '#79a01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a01b;
$custom-light: #a4bc65;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.594,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65345,
    "c": 0.15689,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A01B
secondary
#7452C5
accent
#3AEE6F
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F4F6EB
border
#CED0C6
text
#101206
muted
#7F817A

Preview Lab

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#79A01B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva