#78BB3B#78BB3B
#78BB3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.173 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #78BB3B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(120, 187, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(91, 52%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(91, 68%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 68.4%, 26.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.36, -42.10, 55.63) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.36, 69.76, 127.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.17% -0.1181 0.1265) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.17% 0.173 133) |
| XYZ | xyz(26.3051, 39.8484, 10.4423) |
| Luminance | 0.3985 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 2.90
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 3.08
Frog Green
#58BC08
ΔE00 4.11
Dark Lime Green
#7EBD01
ΔE00 4.30
Apple
#6ECB3C
ΔE00 4.50
Kermit Green
#5CB200
ΔE00 4.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#78BB3B #7E3BBB
analogous
#B8BB3B #78BB3B #3BBB3E
triadic
#78BB3B #3B78BB #BB3B78
tetradic
#78BB3B #3BB8BB #7E3BBB #BB3E3B
square
#78BB3B #3BB8BB #7E3BBB #BB3E3B
split-complementary
#78BB3B #3E3BBB #BB3BB8
monochromatic
#3C5E1E #5A8C2C #78BB3B #97CE65 #B6DD93
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#78BB3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.97
#78BB3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #78BB3B
8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##78BB3B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##78BB3B | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.97 | 8.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AD28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A746
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#79B4A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #78bb3b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 187, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.173 133.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#a4d078',
500: '#78bb3b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #78bb3b; $custom-light: #a4d078; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#78bb3b",
"rgb": {
"r": 120,
"g": 187,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 91.406,
"s": 52.033,
"l": 48.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72167,
"c": 0.17302,
"h": 133
},
"luminance": 0.39849
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#78BB3B
secondary
#AA8AC8
accent
#4CDB97
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F9EE
border
#CED2C9
text
#101409
muted
#7F827B