#79B259#79B259

#79B259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.135 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B259
RGB	rgb(121, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(98, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -34.80, 39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 52.58, 131.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0959 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.135 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6081, 36.6260, 15.1695)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79B259 #9259B2

analogous

#A6B259 #79B259 #59B265

triadic

#79B259 #5979B2 #B25979

tetradic

#79B259 #59A6B2 #9259B2 #B26559

square

#79B259 #59A6B2 #9259B2 #B26559

split-complementary

#79B259 #6559B2 #B259A6

monochromatic

#41632E #5C8D41 #79B259 #9BC583 #BCD9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#79B259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#79B259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B259

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B259	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.135 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2c98a',
    500: '#79b259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b259;
$custom-light: #a2c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.427,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.13475,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B259

secondary

#B9A0C7

accent

#5BCDA4

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F8F0

border

#CED1CB

text

#0F130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B259

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

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