#79A42C#79A42C
#79A42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.153 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #79A42C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(121, 164, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(82, 58%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(82, 73%, 64%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.34, -32.46, 54.23) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.34, 63.20, 120.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.43% -0.0931 0.1213) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.43% 0.153 127.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(21.6153, 30.7973, 7.1880) |
| Luminance | 0.3080 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 2.84
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 3.38
Leaf Green
#5CA904
ΔE00 4.79
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 4.98
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 5.14
Ugly Green
#7A9703
ΔE00 5.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#79A42C #572CA4
analogous
#A4932C #79A42C #3DA42C
triadic
#79A42C #2C79A4 #A42C79
tetradic
#79A42C #2CA493 #572CA4 #A42C3D
square
#79A42C #2CA493 #572CA4 #A42C3D
split-complementary
#79A42C #2C3DA4 #932CA4
monochromatic
#324312 #55741F #79A42C #9ACC41 #B4D971
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.93
#79A42C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.16
#79A42C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #79A42C
7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##79A42C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##79A42C | 1.00 | 2.93 | 7.16 | 7.16 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.93 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.16 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9916
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79637
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7E9C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #79a42c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.153 127.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a3bf6d',
500: '#79a42c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #79a42c; $custom-light: #a3bf6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#79a42c",
"rgb": {
"r": 121,
"g": 164,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 81.5,
"s": 57.692,
"l": 40.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66431,
"c": 0.15292,
"h": 127.5
},
"luminance": 0.30798
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#79A42C
secondary
#8A6BC0
accent
#47E17E
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F4F7EC
border
#CED0C7
text
#101208
muted
#7F817B