#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
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(86, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(86, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -38.81, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 70.10, 123.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.1103 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.171 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2600, 36.0868, 8.0696)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##79B22C	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B22C

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

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