#72BC40#72BC40

#72BC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.174 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BC40
RGBrgb(114, 188, 64)
HSLhsl(96, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(96, 66%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(39.4%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(69.41, -44.20, 53.57)
CIE-LCHlch(69.41, 69.45, 129.52°)
OKLaboklab(72.14% -0.123 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(72.14% 0.174 135)
XYZxyz(25.8475, 39.9127, 11.1915)
Luminance0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BC40 #8A40BC
analogous
#B0BC40 #72BC40 #40BC4C
triadic
#72BC40 #4072BC #BC4072
tetradic
#72BC40 #40B0BC #8A40BC #BC4C40
square
#72BC40 #40B0BC #8A40BC #BC4C40
split-complementary
#72BC40 #4C40BC #BC40B0
monochromatic
#3B6121 #568E30 #72BC40 #93CD6C #B5DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#72BC40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98
#72BC40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BC40
8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BC40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BC401.002.348.988.98
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9821.001.001.00
##0000008.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3AD30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A74A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#70B5A3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.174 135.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d07b',
    500: '#72bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72bc40;
$custom-light: #a0d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.806,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72138,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.39914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BC40
secondary
#B18FC9
accent
#4FD9A1
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F9EE
border
#CED2C9
text
#0F140A
muted
#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BC40

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#72BC40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva