#78BD42#78BD42

#78BD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.171 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#78BD42
RGBrgb(120, 189, 66)
HSLhsl(94, 48%, 50%)
HSVhsv(94, 65%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(36.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(70.02, -42.40, 53.49)
CIE-LCHlch(70.02, 68.25, 128.40°)
OKLaboklab(72.72% -0.1184 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(72.72% 0.171 133.9)
XYZxyz(26.9262, 40.7804, 11.6059)
Luminance0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#78BD42 #8742BD
analogous
#B5BD42 #78BD42 #42BD4A
triadic
#78BD42 #4278BD #BD4278
tetradic
#78BD42 #42B5BD #8742BD #BD4A42
square
#78BD42 #42B5BD #8742BD #BD4A42
split-complementary
#78BD42 #4A42BD #BD42B5
monochromatic
#3E6222 #5B9032 #78BD42 #98CD6F #B9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#78BD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16
#78BD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BD42
9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##78BD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##78BD421.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF32
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA94C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#78B6A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #78bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.171 133.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d17c',
    500: '#78bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #78bd42;
$custom-light: #a4d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#78bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.659,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.1706,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#78BD42
secondary
#B192C9
accent
#50D89C
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F9EE
border
#CED2C9
text
#10140A
muted
#7F827C

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#78BD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva