#72BD42#72BD42

#72BD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.174 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BD42
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(97, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -44.45, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 69.23, 129.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.1236 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.174 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1198, 40.3646, 11.5681)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BD42 #8D42BD

analogous

#B0BD42 #72BD42 #42BD4F

triadic

#72BD42 #4272BD #BD4272

tetradic

#72BD42 #42B0BD #8D42BD #BD4F42

square

#72BD42 #42B0BD #8D42BD #BD4F42

split-complementary

#72BD42 #4F42BD #BD42B0

monochromatic

#3B6222 #579032 #72BD42 #94CD6F #B6DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#72BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BD42

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BD42	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.174 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d17c',
    500: '#72bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bd42;
$custom-light: #a0d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.585,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72405,
    "c": 0.1737,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BD42

secondary

#B392C9

accent

#50D8A3

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BD42

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

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