#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
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(96, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(96, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 64.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -43.18, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 67.66, 129.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1201 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.17 135)
XYZ	xyz(25.4811, 39.0873, 11.3552)
Luminance	0.3909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##72BA42	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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