#79B059#79B059

#79B059 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.132 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B059
RGB	rgb(121, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(98, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 0%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -33.88, 38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 51.42, 131.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0934 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.132 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2131, 35.8360, 15.0378)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B059 #9059B0

analogous

#A5B059 #79B059 #59B065

triadic

#79B059 #5979B0 #B05979

tetradic

#79B059 #59A5B0 #9059B0 #B06559

square

#79B059 #59A5B0 #9059B0 #B06559

split-complementary

#79B059 #6559B0 #B059A5

monochromatic

#41612E #5C8A42 #79B059 #9AC482 #BCD7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#79B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#79B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B059

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B059	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.132 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c88a',
    500: '#79b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b059;
$custom-light: #a2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.931,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69864,
    "c": 0.13179,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B059

secondary

#B79FC5

accent

#5CCCA3

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B059

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

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