#79A42E#79A42E

#79A42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.152 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A42E
RGBrgb(121, 164, 46)
HSLhsl(82, 56%, 41%)
HSVhsv(82, 72%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(26.2%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.35, -32.34, 53.50)
CIE-LCHlch(62.35, 62.51, 121.15°)
OKLaboklab(66.45% -0.0926 0.1201)
OKLCHoklch(66.45% 0.152 127.6)
XYZxyz(21.6538, 30.8127, 7.3908)
Luminance0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A42E #592EA4
analogous
#A4942E #79A42E #3EA42E
triadic
#79A42E #2E79A4 #A42E79
tetradic
#79A42E #2EA494 #592EA4 #A42E3E
square
#79A42E #2EA494 #592EA4 #A42E3E
split-complementary
#79A42E #2E3EA4 #942EA4
monochromatic
#324413 #567421 #79A42E #9ACB45 #B4D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93
#79A42E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16
#79A42E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A42E
7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A42E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A42E1.002.937.167.16
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1621.001.001.00
##0000007.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC991A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A69638
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7D9C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.152 127.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3bf6e',
    500: '#79a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a42e;
$custom-light: #a3bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.864,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66446,
    "c": 0.15165,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A42E
secondary
#8C6EC0
accent
#48DF7F
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F4F7EC
border
#CED0C7
text
#0F1208
muted
#7F817B

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#79A42E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva