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Fizzy Yorkshire

#78b659
Notes

Fizzy Yorkshire (#78B659) is a true green with a cool character. It leans cool, sitting on the blue, green, and violet side of the wheel. Quiet and dependable, a fit for product UI and data visualization. Its HSL profile (100°, 39%, 53%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary violet. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#78b659
RGB
rgb(120, 182, 89)
HSL
hsl(100, 39%, 53%)
HWB
hwb(100 35% 29%)
OKLCH
oklch(71.3% 0.141 136.2)
HSV
hsv(100, 51%, 71%)
LAB
lab(68.15% -36.97 40.80)
LCH
lch(68.15% 55.06 132.18)
CMYK
cmyk(34%, 0%, 51%, 29%)

Etymology

Fizzy
adjective

Imitative-onomatopoeic origin — adjectival suffix -y, evoking the sound of carbonation. As a color modifier, fizzy implies a saturated-and-effervescent-and-bubbly quality, the bright color of Champagne-and-Prosecco effervescent-wine carbonation-bubble-light reflection. Sits at the bright-and-effervescent end of the grid, parallel to bubbly and sparkling in usage.

Yorkshire
noun

The English northern county — and the muted green of Yorkshire moors, sheep pastures, and the rolling Yorkshire Dales. Yorkshire color refers to a Dales sheep pasture in May: a soft, slightly muted yellow-green with the matte finish of close-cropped Calluna-and-grass moor.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#78b659
Original
#bca951
Protanopia
#b3a45f
Deuteranopia
#76b0a1
Tritanopia
#a2a2a2
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.43:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.63:1

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