#79BE38#79BE38

#79BE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.178 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79BE38
RGB	rgb(121, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(91, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(91, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.3%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -43.25, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 72.16, 126.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% -0.1215 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.178 133)
XYZ	xyz(27.0120, 41.1762, 10.2652)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79BE38 #7D38BE

analogous

#BCBE38 #79BE38 #38BE3A

triadic

#79BE38 #3879BE #BE3879

tetradic

#79BE38 #38BCBE #7D38BE #BE3A38

square

#79BE38 #38BCBE #7D38BE #BE3A38

split-complementary

#79BE38 #3A38BE #BE38BC

monochromatic

#3D5F1C #5B8F2A #79BE38 #98D162 #B7DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#79BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#79BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79BE38

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79BE38	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AB6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.178 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d277',
    500: '#79be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79be38;
$custom-light: #a5d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.896,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7294,
    "c": 0.17832,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.41177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79BE38

secondary

#AA88CA

accent

#4ADE96

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9ED

border

#CED2C8

text

#101409

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #79BE38

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

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