光视性能是一个光源的参数。他是光通量与功率的比值，依照文本来源此功率指的是光源输出的辐射通量，或者是提供光源的电能，前者的定义有时叫辐射发光效率，后者称电源发光效率。电源发光效率为一种：测量电能提供光源发出可见光的效率。辐射发光效率描述：光源提供可见光的效率，也就是光通量对辐射通量的比值。因人眼的结构，并非所有波长的光能见度都一样。红外光和紫外光的光谱对于发光效率不造成影响。光源的发光效率与光源把能量转化为电磁辐射的能力以及人眼感知所发出的辐射的能力有关。

Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light. It is the ratio of luminous flux to power. Depending on context, the power can be either the radiant flux of the source's output, or it can be the total power (electric power, chemical energy, or others) consumed by the source. Which sense of the term is intended must usually be inferred from the context, and is sometimes unclear. The former sense is sometimes called luminous efficacy of radiation, and the latter luminous efficacy of a source.