#79A22B#79A22B

#79A22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.151 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A22B
RGBrgb(121, 162, 43)
HSLhsl(81, 58%, 40%)
HSVhsv(81, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(25.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.72, -31.59, 53.99)
CIE-LCHlch(61.72, 62.55, 120.33°)
OKLaboklab(65.93% -0.0908 0.1207)
OKLCHoklch(65.93% 0.151 126.9)
XYZxyz(21.2416, 30.0796, 6.9719)
Luminance0.3008 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A22B #542BA2
analogous
#A28F2B #79A22B #3EA22B
triadic
#79A22B #2B79A2 #A22B79
tetradic
#79A22B #2BA28F #542BA2 #A22B3E
square
#79A22B #2BA28F #542BA2 #A22B3E
split-complementary
#79A22B #2B3EA2 #8F2BA2
monochromatic
#314111 #55721E #79A22B #9BCC3E #B4D96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99
#79A22B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02
#79A22B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A22B
7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A22B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A22B1.002.997.027.02
#FFFFFF2.991.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0221.001.001.00
##0000007.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9715
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A59436
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7E9A8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.151 126.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bd6d',
    500: '#79a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a22b;
$custom-light: #a3bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.672,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65931,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A22B
secondary
#8769C0
accent
#47E17C
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F4F6EC
border
#CED0C7
text
#0F1207
muted
#7F817A

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#79A22B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva