#79B159#79B159

#79B159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B159
RGB	rgb(121, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(98, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -34.34, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 52.00, 131.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0946 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.133 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4099, 36.2295, 15.1034)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79B159 #9159B1

analogous

#A5B159 #79B159 #59B165

triadic

#79B159 #5979B1 #B15979

tetradic

#79B159 #59A5B1 #9159B1 #B16559

square

#79B159 #59A5B1 #9159B1 #B16559

split-complementary

#79B159 #6559B1 #B159A5

monochromatic

#41622E #5C8B41 #79B159 #9BC583 #BCD8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#79B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#79B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B159

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B159	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c88a',
    500: '#79b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b159;
$custom-light: #a2c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.182,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70108,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B159

secondary

#B8A0C6

accent

#5CCCA3

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B159

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

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