#72BB42#72BB42

#72BB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.171 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BB42
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(96, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(96, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(39%, 0%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, -43.60, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 68.19, 129.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1213 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.171 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6925, 39.5101, 11.4257)
Luminance	0.3951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BB42 #8B42BB

analogous

#AFBB42 #72BB42 #42BB4E

triadic

#72BB42 #4272BB #BB4272

tetradic

#72BB42 #42AFBB #8B42BB #BB4E42

square

#72BB42 #42AFBB #8B42BB #BB4E42

split-complementary

#72BB42 #4E42BB #BB42AF

monochromatic

#3B6122 #568E32 #72BB42 #93CC6E #B5DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#72BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#72BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BB42

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BB42	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.171 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d07c',
    500: '#72bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bb42;
$custom-light: #a0d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.198,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71907,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BB42

secondary

#B291C8

accent

#50D7A2

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BB42

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

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