#79AE59#79AE59

#79AE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.129 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79AE59
RGB	rgb(121, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(97, 34%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(97, 49%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 48.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -32.95, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 50.25, 130.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0908 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.129 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8238, 35.0574, 14.9081)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79AE59 #8E59AE

analogous

#A4AE59 #79AE59 #59AE64

triadic

#79AE59 #5979AE #AE5979

tetradic

#79AE59 #59A4AE #8E59AE #AE6459

square

#79AE59 #59A4AE #8E59AE #AE6459

split-complementary

#79AE59 #6459AE #AE59A4

monochromatic

#405E2E #5C8842 #79AE59 #9AC282 #BBD6AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#79AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#79AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79AE59

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79AE59	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.129 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c68a',
    500: '#79ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79ae59;
$custom-light: #a2c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.412,
    "s": 34.413,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69377,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79AE59

secondary

#B69FC4

accent

#5DCAA1

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79AE59

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

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