#78BD21#78BD21

#78BD21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.190 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BD21
RGBrgb(120, 189, 33)
HSLhsl(87, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(87, 83%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(36.5%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(69.82, -44.44, 64.64)
CIE-LCHlch(69.82, 78.45, 124.51°)
OKLaboklab(72.5% -0.1262 0.1416)
OKLCHoklch(72.5% 0.19 131.7)
XYZxyz(26.2176, 40.4970, 7.8739)
Luminance0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BD21 #6621BD
analogous
#BDB421 #78BD21 #2ABD21
triadic
#78BD21 #2178BD #BD2178
tetradic
#78BD21 #21BDB4 #6621BD #BD212A
square
#78BD21 #21BDB4 #6621BD #BD212A
split-complementary
#78BD21 #212ABD #B421BD
monochromatic
#36550F #578918 #78BD21 #97DD3E #B3E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#78BD21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#78BD21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BD21
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BD21#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BD211.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5AE00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCA934
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7AB5A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.190 131.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5d16c',
    500: '#78bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bd21;
$custom-light: #a5d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72497,
    "c": 0.18965,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BD21
secondary
#976DCD
accent
#3BED8A
background
#FAFCF6
surface
#F4F9EC
border
#CED2C7
text
#101408
muted
#7F827A

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#78BD21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva