#79B22C#79B22C

#79B22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.171 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79B22C
RGBrgb(121, 178, 44)
HSLhsl(86, 60%, 44%)
HSVhsv(86, 75%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.59, -38.81, 58.38)
CIE-LCHlch(66.59, 70.10, 123.61°)
OKLaboklab(69.89% -0.1103 0.13)
OKLCHoklch(69.89% 0.171 130.3)
XYZxyz(24.2600, 36.0868, 8.0696)
Luminance0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79B22C #652CB2
analogous
#B2A82C #79B22C #36B22C
triadic
#79B22C #2C79B2 #B22C79
tetradic
#79B22C #2CB2A8 #652CB2 #B22C36
square
#79B22C #2CB2A8 #652CB2 #B22C36
split-complementary
#79B22C #2C36B2 #A82CB2
monochromatic
#365014 #588120 #79B22C #98D249 #B4DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56
#79B22C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22
#79B22C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B22C
8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79B22C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79B22C1.002.568.228.22
#FFFFFF2.561.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2221.001.001.00
##0000008.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA50E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A139
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7CAA99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79b22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.171 130.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c96f',
    500: '#79b22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79b22c;
$custom-light: #a4c96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79b22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.522,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69887,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79B22C
secondary
#9773C6
accent
#44E488
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8ED
border
#CED1C8
text
#101308
muted
#7F827B

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#79B22C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva