#72BE42#72BE42

#72BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.175 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BE42
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(97, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -44.87, 53.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 69.76, 130.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.1247 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.175 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3356, 40.7963, 11.6400)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BE42 #8E42BE

analogous

#B0BE42 #72BE42 #42BE50

triadic

#72BE42 #4272BE #BE4272

tetradic

#72BE42 #42B0BE #8E42BE #BE5042

square

#72BE42 #42B0BE #8E42BE #BE5042

split-complementary

#72BE42 #5042BE #BE42B0

monochromatic

#3B6322 #579132 #72BE42 #94CE70 #B6DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#72BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BE42

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BE42	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.175 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d27c',
    500: '#72be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72be42;
$custom-light: #a0d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.774,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72654,
    "c": 0.17501,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BE42

secondary

#B492CA

accent

#4FD8A3

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F9EE

border

#CED2C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BE42

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

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