#79B229#79B229

#79B229 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.172 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B229
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(85, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(85, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -38.97, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 71.01, 123.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% -0.111 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.172 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2057, 36.0650, 7.7833)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B229 #6229B2

analogous

#B2A729 #79B229 #34B229

triadic

#79B229 #2979B2 #B22979

tetradic

#79B229 #29B2A7 #6229B2 #B22934

square

#79B229 #29B2A7 #6229B2 #B22934

split-complementary

#79B229 #2934B2 #A729B2

monochromatic

#354F12 #57801E #79B229 #98D444 #B4DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#79B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#79B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B229

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B229	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)

#BAA504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.172 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c96e',
    500: '#79b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b229;
$custom-light: #a4c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.964,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69868,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B229

secondary

#9470C7

accent

#42E686

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B229

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

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