#79B42A#79B42A

#79B42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.174 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B42A
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(86, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(86, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -39.80, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 71.68, 123.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1132 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.174 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6242, 36.8738, 8.0100)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B42A #652AB4

analogous

#B4AA2A #79B42A #34B42A

triadic

#79B42A #2A79B4 #B42A79

tetradic

#79B42A #2AB4AA #652AB4 #B42A34

square

#79B42A #2AB4AA #652AB4 #B42A34

split-complementary

#79B42A #2A34B4 #AA2AB4

monochromatic

#365113 #58821E #79B42A #98D447 #B4E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#79B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#79B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B42A

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B42A	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.174 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5cb6e',
    500: '#79b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b42a;
$custom-light: #a5cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70369,
    "c": 0.17411,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B42A

secondary

#9772C8

accent

#43E588

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B42A

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

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