#78B42E#78B42E

#78B42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.172 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78B42E
RGB	rgb(120, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(87, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -39.94, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 70.61, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1132 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.172 131)
XYZ	xyz(24.5599, 36.8320, 8.3995)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78B42E #6A2EB4

analogous

#B4AD2E #78B42E #35B42E

triadic

#78B42E #2E78B4 #B42E78

tetradic

#78B42E #2EB4AD #6A2EB4 #B42E35

square

#78B42E #2EB4AD #6A2EB4 #B42E35

split-complementary

#78B42E #2E35B4 #AD2EB4

monochromatic

#375315 #588322 #78B42E #97D24E #B3DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#78B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#78B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78B42E

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78B42E	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7AAC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.172 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4cb70',
    500: '#78b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78b42e;
$custom-light: #a4cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.36833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78B42E

secondary

#9B77C7

accent

#45E28C

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#101308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #78B42E

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

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