#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
RGBrgb(114, 190, 33)
HSLhsl(89, 70%, 44%)
HSVhsv(89, 83%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(40%, 0%, 82.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(69.83, -46.96, 64.54)
CIE-LCHlch(69.83, 79.82, 126.04°)
OKLaboklab(72.43% -0.1326 0.1415)
OKLCHoklch(72.43% 0.194 133.1)
XYZxyz(25.6270, 40.5129, 7.9080)
Luminance0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##72BE211.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

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

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#72BE21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva