#79B256#79B256

#79B256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.138 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B256
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(97, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(97, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -35.16, 40.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 53.90, 130.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0971 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.138 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4847, 36.5767, 14.5195)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B256 #8F56B2

analogous

#A7B256 #79B256 #56B261

triadic

#79B256 #5679B2 #B25679

tetradic

#79B256 #56A7B2 #8F56B2 #B26156

square

#79B256 #56A7B2 #8F56B2 #B26156

split-complementary

#79B256 #6156B2 #B256A7

monochromatic

#40612C #5C8B3F #79B256 #9AC580 #BCD8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79B256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#79B256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B256

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B256	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.138 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c988',
    500: '#79b256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b256;
$custom-light: #a2c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.174,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7031,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B256

secondary

#B79EC6

accent

#5ACDA2

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130B

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B256

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

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