#72BC42#72BC42

#72BC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.172 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BC42
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(96, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(96, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -44.03, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 68.71, 129.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.172 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9054, 39.9359, 11.4966)
Luminance	0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BC42 #8C42BC

analogous

#AFBC42 #72BC42 #42BC4F

triadic

#72BC42 #4272BC #BC4272

tetradic

#72BC42 #42AFBC #8C42BC #BC4F42

square

#72BC42 #42AFBC #8C42BC #BC4F42

split-complementary

#72BC42 #4F42BC #BC42AF

monochromatic

#3B6122 #578F32 #72BC42 #94CC6F #B5DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#72BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#72BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BC42

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BC42	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.172 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d07c',
    500: '#72bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bc42;
$custom-light: #a0d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.393,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72156,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BC42

secondary

#B391C9

accent

#50D8A2

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BC42

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

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