#72BD49#72BD49

#72BD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.168 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BD49
RGB	rgb(114, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(99, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(99, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -43.81, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 66.58, 131.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.1213 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.168 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3389, 40.4523, 12.7223)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BD49 #9449BD

analogous

#ACBD49 #72BD49 #49BD5A

triadic

#72BD49 #4972BD #BD4972

tetradic

#72BD49 #49ACBD #9449BD #BD5A49

square

#72BD49 #49ACBD #9449BD #BD5A49

split-complementary

#72BD49 #5A49BD #BD49AC

monochromatic

#3C6625 #579335 #72BD49 #95CD76 #B8DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#72BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BD49

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BD49	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.168 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd180',
    500: '#72bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bd49;
$custom-light: #9fd180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.793,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72476,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BD49

secondary

#B897CA

accent

#51D6A7

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9EF

border

#CED2CA

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BD49

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

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