#72BD28#72BD28

#72BD28 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.190 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BD28
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 40)
HSL	hsl(90, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(90, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -46.22, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 77.61, 126.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.1302 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.19 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5196, 40.1245, 8.4072)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72BD28 #7328BD

analogous

#BDBD28 #72BD28 #28BD28

triadic

#72BD28 #2872BD #BD2872

tetradic

#72BD28 #28BDBD #7328BD #BD2828

square

#72BD28 #28BDBD #7328BD #BD2828

split-complementary

#72BD28 #2828BD #BD28BD

monochromatic

#355813 #548A1D #72BD28 #91D94A #AFE37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#72BD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#72BD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BD28

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BD28	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.190 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d16f',
    500: '#72bd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bd28;
$custom-light: #a1d16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.201,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72212,
    "c": 0.18966,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BD28

secondary

#A175CB

accent

#40E894

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9ED

border

#CED2C8

text

#0F1408

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BD28

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

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