#72BE21#72BE21

#72BE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.194 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BE21
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 33)
HSL	hsl(89, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 83%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -46.96, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 79.82, 126.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.1326 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.194 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6270, 40.5129, 7.9080)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BE21 #6D21BE

analogous

#BEBB21 #72BE21 #23BE21

triadic

#72BE21 #2172BE #BE2172

tetradic

#72BE21 #21BEBB #6D21BE #BE2123

square

#72BE21 #21BEBB #6D21BE #BE2123

split-complementary

#72BE21 #2123BE #BB21BE

monochromatic

#33560F #538A18 #72BE21 #91DE3F #AFE773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#72BE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#72BE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BE21

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BE21	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72B6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72be21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.194 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d26c',
    500: '#72be21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72be21;
$custom-light: #a1d26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72be21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.045,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.1939,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BE21

secondary

#9C6DCD

accent

#3BED91

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F9EC

border

#CED2C7

text

#101408

muted

#7F827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BE21

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

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