#72BE49#72BE49

#72BE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.170 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BE49
RGB	rgb(114, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(99, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -44.23, 50.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 67.12, 131.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% -0.1225 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.17 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5548, 40.8840, 12.7942)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72BE49 #9549BE

analogous

#ADBE49 #72BE49 #49BE5B

triadic

#72BE49 #4972BE #BE4972

tetradic

#72BE49 #49ADBE #9549BE #BE5B49

square

#72BE49 #49ADBE #9549BE #BE5B49

split-complementary

#72BE49 #5B49BE #BE49AD

monochromatic

#3C6825 #579535 #72BE49 #95CE76 #B8DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#72BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#72BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BE49

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BE49	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.170 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fd280',
    500: '#72be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72be49;
$custom-light: #9fd280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.974,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72724,
    "c": 0.16962,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BE49

secondary

#B998CB

accent

#51D7A8

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9EF

border

#CED2CA

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BE49

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

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