#79A255#79A255

#79A255 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A255
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(92, 31%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 47.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, -27.74, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 45.02, 128.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0766 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.115 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4448, 30.5609, 13.3089)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79A255 #7E55A2

analogous

#9FA255 #79A255 #55A257

triadic

#79A255 #5579A2 #A25579

tetradic

#79A255 #559FA2 #7E55A2 #A25755

square

#79A255 #559FA2 #7E55A2 #A25755

split-complementary

#79A255 #5755A2 #A2559F

monochromatic

#3D522B #5B7A40 #79A255 #98BA7B #B7CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#79A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#79A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A255

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A255	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A9C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1bd86',
    500: '#79a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a255;
$custom-light: #a1bd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.948,
    "s": 31.174,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A255

secondary

#AB97BC

accent

#60C797

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6EF

border

#CED0CA

text

#0F120B

muted

#7F817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A255

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

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