#79AE38#79AE38

#79AE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.158 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AE38
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(87, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(87, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, -36.23, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 64.00, 124.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1024 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.158 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7348, 34.6218, 9.1728)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79AE38 #6D38AE

analogous

#AEA838 #79AE38 #3EAE38

triadic

#79AE38 #3879AE #AE3879

tetradic

#79AE38 #38AEA8 #6D38AE #AE383E

square

#79AE38 #38AEA8 #6D38AE #AE383E

split-complementary

#79AE38 #383EAE #A838AE

monochromatic

#39511A #598029 #79AE38 #97CA59 #B4D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#79AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#79AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AE38

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AE38	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CA796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.158 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c675',
    500: '#79ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ae38;
$custom-light: #a3c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.949,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AE38

secondary

#9D7FC3

accent

#4DDB8D

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AE38

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

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