#79C22B#79C22B

#79C22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.191 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79C22B
RGBrgb(121, 194, 43)
HSLhsl(89, 64%, 46%)
HSVhsv(89, 78%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(37.6%, 0%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.43, -45.72, 63.32)
CIE-LCHlch(71.43, 78.10, 125.83°)
OKLaboklab(73.84% -0.1291 0.1402)
OKLCHoklch(73.84% 0.191 132.6)
XYZxyz(27.6126, 42.8217, 9.0955)
Luminance0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79C22B #742BC2
analogous
#C2C02B #79C22B #2DC22B
triadic
#79C22B #2B79C2 #C22B79
tetradic
#79C22B #2BC2C0 #742BC2 #C22B2D
square
#79C22B #2BC2C0 #742BC2 #C22B2D
split-complementary
#79C22B #2B2DC2 #C02BC2
monochromatic
#3B5E15 #5A9020 #79C22B #97D952 #B5E484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#79C22B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#79C22B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C22B
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79C22B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79C22B1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAB300
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AD3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7ABAA6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79c22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.191 132.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6d571',
    500: '#79c22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79c22b;
$custom-light: #a6d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79c22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.007,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73842,
    "c": 0.19062,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79C22B
secondary
#A37CCD
accent
#41E791
background
#FAFDF7
surface
#F4FAED
border
#CED3C8
text
#101408
muted
#7F837B

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#79C22B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva