#79B255#79B255

#79B255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.139 H 134.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B255
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(97, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(97, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -35.28, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 54.34, 130.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0975 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.139 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4447, 36.5607, 14.3088)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B255 #8E55B2

analogous

#A8B255 #79B255 #55B260

triadic

#79B255 #5579B2 #B25579

tetradic

#79B255 #55A8B2 #8E55B2 #B26055

square

#79B255 #55A8B2 #8E55B2 #B26055

split-complementary

#79B255 #6055B2 #B255A8

monochromatic

#40612C #5C8B3F #79B255 #9AC57F #BBD8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#79B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B255

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B255	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.139 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c987',
    500: '#79b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b255;
$custom-light: #a2c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.774,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70296,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B255

secondary

#B69DC6

accent

#5ACEA1

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B255

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

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