What color is #79B465?

#79B465 is a desaturated green known as Bud Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.

What is the RGB value of Bud Green?

The RGB value is 121, 180, 101: 121 red, 180 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of Bud Green?

The complementary color is #A065B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #79B465?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 and white text 2.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

Bud Green color: hex code #79B465

#79B465 rgb(121, 180, 101)

Shades of green

Bud Green has the hex code #79B465. It is a desaturated green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.5% red, 70.6% green and 39.6% blue (121, 180, 101).

Its hue angle is 105°, with 34% saturation and 55% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 33% cyan, 0% magenta, 44% yellow and 29% black.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 8.53:1).

Bud Green (#79B465) color codes

HEX	`#79B465`
RGB	`rgb(121, 180, 101)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.5%, 70.6%, 39.6%)`
HSL	`hsl(105, 34%, 55%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(105, 44%, 71%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(33%, 0%, 44%, 29%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(67.76, -34.16, 34.29)`
CIE LCH	`lch(67.76, 48.4, 134.9)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(26.555, 37.646, 18.177)`
Decimal	`7976037`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with Bud Green, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #79B465	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	8.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	2.46:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#79B465 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	2.46:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	8.53:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #79B465 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #79b465; }
.text { color: #79b465; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79b465; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(121 180 101 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #79b465, #65b479); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Pistachio.

See #79B465 on its hex code page

Questions

What color is #79B465?: #79B465 is a desaturated green known as Bud Green. It belongs to the green family of colors.
What is the RGB value of Bud Green?: The RGB value is 121, 180, 101: 121 red, 180 green and 101 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of Bud Green?: The complementary color is #A065B4, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #79B465?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 8.53:1 and white text 2.46:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.