#72BC49#72BC49

#72BC49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.167 H 136.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BC49
RGB	rgb(114, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(99, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(99, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.4%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -43.38, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 66.04, 131.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.1202 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.167 136)
XYZ	xyz(26.1246, 40.0235, 12.6508)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BC49 #9349BC

analogous

#ABBC49 #72BC49 #49BC59

triadic

#72BC49 #4972BC #BC4972

tetradic

#72BC49 #49ABBC #9349BC #BC5949

square

#72BC49 #49ABBC #9349BC #BC5949

split-complementary

#72BC49 #5949BC #BC49AB

monochromatic

#3C6525 #579236 #72BC49 #95CC76 #B7DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#72BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BC49

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BC49	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.167 136.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd080',
    500: '#72bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bc49;
$custom-light: #9fd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72228,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 136
  },
  "luminance": 0.40025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BC49

secondary

#B897CA

accent

#52D6A7

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9EF

border

#CED2CA

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BC49

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

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