#72BA42#72BA42

#72BA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.170 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BA42
RGBrgb(114, 186, 66)
HSLhsl(96, 48%, 49%)
HSVhsv(96, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(38.7%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LABlab(68.81, -43.18, 52.09)
CIE-LCHlch(68.81, 67.66, 129.66°)
OKLaboklab(71.66% -0.1201 0.12)
OKLCHoklch(71.66% 0.17 135)
XYZxyz(25.4811, 39.0873, 11.3552)
Luminance0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BA42 #8A42BA
analogous
#AEBA42 #72BA42 #42BA4E
triadic
#72BA42 #4272BA #BA4272
tetradic
#72BA42 #42AEBA #8A42BA #BA4E42
square
#72BA42 #42AEBA #8A42BA #BA4E42
split-complementary
#72BA42 #4E42BA #BA42AE
monochromatic
#3B6022 #568D32 #72BA42 #93CB6E #B5DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#72BA42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82
#72BA42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BA42
8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BA42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BA421.002.388.828.82
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8221.001.001.00
##0000008.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AC33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A64C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#71B3A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72ba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.170 135.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcf7c',
    500: '#72ba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72ba42;
$custom-light: #9fcf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72ba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71658,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.39089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BA42
secondary
#B190C8
accent
#51D7A1
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F9EE
border
#CED2C9
text
#0F140A
muted
#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BA42

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#72BA42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva