#79D422#79D422

#79D422 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.215 H 134.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79D422
RGBrgb(121, 212, 34)
HSLhsl(91, 72%, 48%)
HSVhsv(91, 84%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(42.9%, 0%, 84%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.84, -53.36, 70.63)
CIE-LCHlch(76.84, 88.52, 127.07°)
OKLaboklab(78.26% -0.1501 0.1543)
OKLCHoklch(78.26% 0.215 134.2)
XYZxyz(31.7168, 51.2656, 9.7371)
Luminance0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79D422 #7D22D4
analogous
#D2D422 #79D422 #22D424
triadic
#79D422 #2279D4 #D42279
tetradic
#79D422 #22D2D4 #7D22D4 #D42422
square
#79D422 #22D2D4 #7D22D4 #D42422
split-complementary
#79D422 #2422D4 #D422D2
monochromatic
#3D6B11 #5B9F1A #79D422 #98E350 #B7EB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#79D422 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25
#79D422 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79D422
11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79D422#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79D4221.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BB39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#78CBB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79d422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 212, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.215 134.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8e270',
    500: '#79d422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79d422;
$custom-light: #a8e270;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79d422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.674,
    "s": 72.358,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78259,
    "c": 0.21533,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79D422
secondary
#4E2674
accent
#39EF96
background
#FDFEFB
surface
#F7FCF1
border
#D0D5CB
text
#111508
muted
#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #79D422

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#79D422 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva