#79C242#79C242

#79C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.177 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79C242
RGB	rgb(121, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(94, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(94, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -44.19, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 70.69, 128.69°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.1233 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.177 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1598, 43.0405, 11.9771)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79C242 #8B42C2

analogous

#B9C242 #79C242 #42C24B

triadic

#79C242 #4279C2 #C24279

tetradic

#79C242 #42B9C2 #8B42C2 #C24B42

square

#79C242 #42B9C2 #8B42C2 #C24B42

split-complementary

#79C242 #4B42C2 #C242B9

monochromatic

#406822 #5C9631 #79C242 #9AD170 #BBE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#79C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#79C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79C242

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79C242	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78BBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.177 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d57c',
    500: '#79c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79c242;
$custom-light: #a5d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.219,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74011,
    "c": 0.17659,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79C242

secondary

#B494CC

accent

#4DDB9E

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#10140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #79C242

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

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