#79B231#79B231

#79B231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.168 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B231
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(87, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -38.51, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 68.50, 124.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.1091 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.168 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3598, 36.1267, 8.5948)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B231 #6A31B2

analogous

#B2AB31 #79B231 #38B231

triadic

#79B231 #3179B2 #B23179

tetradic

#79B231 #31B2AB #6A31B2 #B23138

square

#79B231 #31B2AB #6A31B2 #B23138

split-complementary

#79B231 #3138B2 #AB31B2

monochromatic

#385217 #588224 #79B231 #97CF51 #B4DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#79B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#79B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B231

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B231	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.168 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4c972',
    500: '#79b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b231;
$custom-light: #a4c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.512,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69922,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B231

secondary

#9B79C5

accent

#48E08B

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B231

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

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