#79BC59#79BC59

#79BC59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.149 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BC59
RGB	rgb(121, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(101, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(101, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -39.31, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 58.30, 132.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.1083 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.149 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6708, 40.7514, 15.8571)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BC59 #9C59BC

analogous

#ABBC59 #79BC59 #59BC6B

triadic

#79BC59 #5979BC #BC5979

tetradic

#79BC59 #59ABBC #9C59BC #BC6B59

square

#79BC59 #59ABBC #9C59BC #BC6B59

split-complementary

#79BC59 #6B59BC #BC59AB

monochromatic

#426E2C #5C9A3E #79BC59 #9CCE85 #BFDFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#79BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#79BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BC59

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BC59	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.149 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3d08a',
    500: '#79bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79bc59;
$custom-light: #a3d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100.606,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72795,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BC59

secondary

#C0A3CD

accent

#56D2AA

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9F0

border

#CED2CB

text

#0F140C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BC59

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

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