#78BE42#78BE42

#78BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.172 H 134.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78BE42
RGB	rgb(120, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(94, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(94, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.8%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -42.83, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 68.77, 128.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1195 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.172 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1420, 41.2121, 11.6778)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78BE42 #8842BE

analogous

#B6BE42 #78BE42 #42BE4A

triadic

#78BE42 #4278BE #BE4278

tetradic

#78BE42 #42B6BE #8842BE #BE4A42

square

#78BE42 #42B6BE #8842BE #BE4A42

split-complementary

#78BE42 #4A42BE #BE42B6

monochromatic

#3F6322 #5B9132 #78BE42 #99CE70 #B9DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#78BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#78BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78BE42

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78BE42	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78B7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.172 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4d27c',
    500: '#78be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78be42;
$custom-light: #a4d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.871,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.17191,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78BE42

secondary

#B192CA

accent

#4FD89D

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#10140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #78BE42

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

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