#72BD21#72BD21

#72BD21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.193 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BD21
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(89, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -46.55, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 79.35, 125.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.1315 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.193 133)
XYZ	xyz(25.4112, 40.0812, 7.8361)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BD21 #6C21BD

analogous

#BDBA21 #72BD21 #24BD21

triadic

#72BD21 #2172BD #BD2172

tetradic

#72BD21 #21BDBA #6C21BD #BD2124

square

#72BD21 #21BDBA #6C21BD #BD2124

split-complementary

#72BD21 #2124BD #BA21BD

monochromatic

#33550F #538918 #72BD21 #91DD3E #AEE672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#72BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BD21

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BD21	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.193 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d16c',
    500: '#72bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bd21;
$custom-light: #a1d16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72177,
    "c": 0.19273,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BD21

secondary

#9B6DCD

accent

#3BED90

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F9EC

border

#CED2C7

text

#101408

muted

#7F827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BD21

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

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