#79B249#79B249
#79B249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.150 H 132.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #79B249 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(121, 178, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 42%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 59%, 70%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(66.81, -36.56, 46.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(66.81, 59.45, 127.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.15% -0.1019 0.1096) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.15% 0.15 132.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.0077, 36.3859, 12.0076) |
| Luminance | 0.3639 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 1.57
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 2.06
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 3.07
Asparagus
#77AB56
ΔE00 3.39
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.36
Fern (survey)
#63A950
ΔE00 4.86
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#79B249 #8249B2
analogous
#AEB249 #79B249 #49B24D
triadic
#79B249 #4979B2 #B24979
tetradic
#79B249 #49AEB2 #8249B2 #B24D49
square
#79B249 #49AEB2 #8249B2 #B24D49
split-complementary
#79B249 #4D49B2 #B249AE
monochromatic
#3E5B25 #5B8737 #79B249 #99C573 #B8D79E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.54
#79B249 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.28
#79B249 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #79B249
8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##79B249 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##79B249 | 1.00 | 2.54 | 8.28 | 8.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.54 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A53E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1A151
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7AAB9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #79b249; /* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.150 132.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a3c97f',
500: '#79b249',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #79b249; $custom-light: #a3c97f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#79b249",
"rgb": {
"r": 121,
"g": 178,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 92.571,
"s": 41.833,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70145,
"c": 0.14962,
"h": 132.9
},
"luminance": 0.36387
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#79B249
secondary
#AD93C4
accent
#56D299
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8EE
border
#CED1C9
text
#0F130A
muted
#7F827C