#78B231#78B231

#78B231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.168 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B231
RGB	rgb(120, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(87, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -38.88, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 68.65, 124.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.1101 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.168 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2203, 36.0548, 8.5883)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B231 #6B31B2

analogous

#B2AC31 #78B231 #37B231

triadic

#78B231 #3178B2 #B23178

tetradic

#78B231 #31B2AC #6B31B2 #B23137

square

#78B231 #31B2AC #6B31B2 #B23137

split-complementary

#78B231 #3137B2 #AC31B2

monochromatic

#375217 #588224 #78B231 #96CF51 #B3DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#78B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#78B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B231

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B231	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AAA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.168 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3c972',
    500: '#78b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b231;
$custom-light: #a3c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.977,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69862,
    "c": 0.1681,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B231

secondary

#9C79C5

accent

#48E08C

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B231

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

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