#79BD42#79BD42

#79BD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.170 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79BD42
RGBrgb(121, 189, 66)
HSLhsl(93, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(93, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.07, -42.05, 53.55)
CIE-LCHlch(70.07, 68.09, 128.14°)
OKLaboklab(72.78% -0.1175 0.123)
OKLCHoklch(72.78% 0.17 133.7)
XYZxyz(27.0656, 40.8523, 11.6124)
Luminance0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79BD42 #8642BD
analogous
#B6BD42 #79BD42 #42BD49
triadic
#79BD42 #4279BD #BD4279
tetradic
#79BD42 #42B6BD #8642BD #BD4942
square
#79BD42 #42B6BD #8642BD #BD4942
split-complementary
#79BD42 #4942BD #BD42B6
monochromatic
#3F6222 #5C9032 #79BD42 #99CD6F #B9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#79BD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17
#79BD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BD42
9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79BD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79BD421.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA94C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#79B6A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.170 133.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d17c',
    500: '#79bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79bd42;
$custom-light: #a4d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.171,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72779,
    "c": 0.17008,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79BD42
secondary
#B092C9
accent
#50D89B
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F9EE
border
#CED2C9
text
#10140A
muted
#7F827C

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#79BD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva