#79B82E colour

#79B82E is a yellow green close to CSS limegreen. RGB 121, 184, 46, HSL 87, 60%, 45%. Black text passes AAA (8.71:1), white fails (2.41:1).

#79B82E

Nearest CSS name: limegreen #32cd32 (not an exact match)
Described as: a yellow green
Red, green, blue: 121, 184, 46
Web safe: No
Luminance: 0.3854 (WCAG relative luminance, 0 is black, 1 is white)

Colour codes

HEX	`#79b82e`
RGB	`rgb(121, 184, 46)`
RGB (percent)	`rgb(47.5% 72.2% 18%)`
HSL	`hsl(87.4, 60%, 45.1%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(87.4, 75%, 72.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(87.4 18% 27.8%)`
CMYK (naive)	`cmyk(34%, 0%, 75%, 28%)`
CIELAB (D50)	`lab(68.59% -36.76 58.5)`
OKLCH	`oklch(71.38% 0.1769 131.41)`
Decimal	`7977006`

CMYK here is the plain formula with no colour profile, so treat it as a starting point; a printer's profile gives the real ink values. CIELAB uses a D50 white point, as CSS lab() does. HSV is not a CSS function, so it is shown for design apps only.

Contrast with white and black text

White text, 2.41:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Black text, 8.71:1The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Text	Ratio	AA normal (4.5)	AA large (3)	AAA normal (7)	AAA large (4.5)
White	2.41:1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Black	8.71:1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass

Black text is the better choice on #79B82E (8.71:1). Ratios use the WCAG 2.2 formula; large text means at least 24px, or 18.66px bold. Check another pair.

Tints and shades

Mixed with white, then with black, in ten even steps (straight sRGB mixing, as most design tools do).

9%#85be41 18%#91c554 27%#9ecb67 36%#aad27a 45%#b6d88d 55%#c2dfa0 64%#cee5b3 73%#daecc6 82%#e7f2d9 91%#f3f9ec

9%#6ea72a 18%#639726 27%#588621 36%#4d751d 45%#426419 55%#375415 64%#2c4311 73%#21320d 82%#162108 91%#0b1104

Colour harmonies

Hue turned around the HSL colour wheel, saturation and lightness kept.

Complementary

The hue opposite on the colour wheel (180°).

#79b82e #6d2eb8

Analogous

Neighbours 30° either side.

#b8b22e #79b82e #34b82e

Triadic

Three hues 120° apart.

#79b82e #2e79b8 #b82e79

Split complementary

The two hues either side of the complement (150° and 210°).

#79b82e #2e34b8 #b22eb8

Tetradic (square)

Four hues 90° apart.

#79b82e #2eb8b2 #6d2eb8 #b82e34

How it looks with colour blindness

Normal vision#79b82e Protanopia#c0aa0f Deuteranopia#b8a53c Tritanopia#7bb09e Achromatopsia#a7a7a7

Simulated with the Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes (2009) matrices at full severity, applied in linear RGB; achromatopsia shows the colour's luminance as grey. Milder forms (protanomaly, deuteranomaly) are far more common and shift colours less. Never use colour as the only way to carry meaning.

CSS

Text colour	`color: #79b82e;`
Background	`background-color: #79b82e;`
Border	`border: 1px solid #79b82e;`
Half transparent	`background-color: rgb(121 184 46 / 50%);`
Custom property	`--colour-main: #79b82e;`
Gradient to a darker shade	`background: linear-gradient(135deg, #79b82e, #496e1c);`
Gradient from a lighter tint	`background: linear-gradient(180deg, #afd482, #79b82e);`
Text on this colour	`background-color: #79b82e; color: #000;`

Similar named colours

Distance is measured in OKLab, scaled by 100; under about 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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Colour names from CSS Color Module Level 4. Palette values from the Tailwind CSS v3 default palette (MIT licence) and the Material Design 2014 colour palette as published in Material Design Lite (Apache License 2.0). All other values are calculated from the hex code.