#79B228#79B228

#79B228 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.173 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B228
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(85, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(85, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -39.03, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 71.30, 123.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1112 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.173 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1884, 36.0582, 7.6926)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B228 #6128B2

analogous

#B2A628 #79B228 #34B228

triadic

#79B228 #2879B2 #B22879

tetradic

#79B228 #28B2A6 #6128B2 #B22834

square

#79B228 #28B2A6 #6128B2 #B22834

split-complementary

#79B228 #2834B2 #A628B2

monochromatic

#354E12 #57801D #79B228 #98D543 #B4E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#79B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#79B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B228

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B228	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.173 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c96d',
    500: '#79b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b228;
$custom-light: #a4c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.783,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69862,
    "c": 0.17271,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B228

secondary

#936FC7

accent

#41E686

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B228

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

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