#72BE40#72BE40

#72BE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.176 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BE40
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(96, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(96, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -45.03, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 70.48, 129.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1253 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.176 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2777, 40.7731, 11.3349)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BE40 #8C40BE

analogous

#B1BE40 #72BE40 #40BE4D

triadic

#72BE40 #4072BE #BE4072

tetradic

#72BE40 #40B1BE #8C40BE #BE4D40

square

#72BE40 #40B1BE #8C40BE #BE4D40

split-complementary

#72BE40 #4D40BE #BE40B1

monochromatic

#3B6221 #579031 #72BE40 #94CE6D #B5DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#72BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BE40

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BE40	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.176 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d27b',
    500: '#72be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72be40;
$custom-light: #a0d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.19,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BE40

secondary

#B390C9

accent

#4FD9A2

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BE40

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

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