#78DC42#78DC42

#78DC42 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.210 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DC42
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(99, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 0%, 70%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -55.02, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 83.88, 130.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1526 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.21 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3213, 55.5706, 14.0709)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DC42 #A642DC

analogous

#C5DC42 #78DC42 #42DC59

triadic

#78DC42 #4278DC #DC4278

tetradic

#78DC42 #42C5DC #A642DC #DC5942

square

#78DC42 #42C5DC #A642DC #DC5942

split-complementary

#78DC42 #5942DC #DC42C5

monochromatic

#418A1A #59BE23 #78DC42 #9DE676 #C2EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#78DC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#78DC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DC42

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DC42	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73D4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.210 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e77f',
    500: '#78dc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dc42;
$custom-light: #a7e77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.20951,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DC42

secondary

#6F3290

accent

#3CECAE

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F7FDF2

border

#D0D5CC

text

#10160B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DC42

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

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