#79B42E#79B42E

#79B42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.172 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79B42E
RGB	rgb(121, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(86, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(86, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -39.57, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 70.46, 124.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.1123 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.172 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6994, 36.9039, 8.4060)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79B42E #692EB4

analogous

#B4AC2E #79B42E #36B42E

triadic

#79B42E #2E79B4 #B42E79

tetradic

#79B42E #2EB4AC #692EB4 #B42E36

square

#79B42E #2EB4AC #692EB4 #B42E36

split-complementary

#79B42E #2E36B4 #AC2EB4

monochromatic

#375315 #588322 #79B42E #97D24E #B4DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#79B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#79B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79B42E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79B42E	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)

#BCA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7CAC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.172 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cb70',
    500: '#79b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79b42e;
$custom-light: #a4cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.418,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.17189,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79B42E

secondary

#9A77C7

accent

#45E28B

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79B42E

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

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