#79B23E#79B23E
#79B23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.159 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #79B23E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(121, 178, 62) |
| HSL | hsl(89, 48%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(89, 65%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32%, 0%, 65.2%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.71, -37.56, 51.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.71, 63.83, 126.04°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.03% -0.1055 0.1184) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.03% 0.159 131.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(24.6748, 36.2527, 10.2539) |
| Luminance | 0.3625 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 1.51
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 2.44
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 2.98
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.06
Kermit Green
#5CB200
ΔE00 4.68
Asparagus
#77AB56
ΔE00 4.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#79B23E #773EB2
analogous
#B2B13E #79B23E #3FB23E
triadic
#79B23E #3E79B2 #B23E79
tetradic
#79B23E #3EB2B1 #773EB2 #B23E3F
square
#79B23E #3EB2B1 #773EB2 #B23E3F
split-complementary
#79B23E #3E3FB2 #B13EB2
monochromatic
#3B571E #5A852E #79B23E #97C964 #B6D992
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.55
#79B23E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.25
#79B23E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #79B23E
8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##79B23E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##79B23E | 1.00 | 2.55 | 8.25 | 8.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A52F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A147
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7BAB9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #79b23e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 62); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.159 131.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a3c979',
500: '#79b23e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #79b23e; $custom-light: #a3c979; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#79b23e",
"rgb": {
"r": 121,
"g": 178,
"b": 62
},
"hsl": {
"h": 89.483,
"s": 48.333,
"l": 47.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70031,
"c": 0.15858,
"h": 131.7
},
"luminance": 0.36254
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#79B23E
secondary
#A588C4
accent
#50D893
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8EE
border
#CED1C9
text
#0F1309
muted
#7F827B