#79C042#79C042

#79C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.174 H 134.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C042
RGB	rgb(121, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(94, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(94, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -43.34, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 69.65, 128.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.121 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.174 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7176, 42.1563, 11.8297)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C042 #8942C0

analogous

#B8C042 #79C042 #42C04A

triadic

#79C042 #4279C0 #C04279

tetradic

#79C042 #42B8C0 #8942C0 #C04A42

square

#79C042 #42B8C0 #8942C0 #C04A42

split-complementary

#79C042 #4A42C0 #C042B8

monochromatic

#3F6622 #5C9431 #79C042 #9ACF70 #BADF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#79C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#79C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C042

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C042	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.174 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d37c',
    500: '#79c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c042;
$custom-light: #a4d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73518,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C042

secondary

#B293CB

accent

#4EDA9D

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#10140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C042

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

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