#72BF40#72BF40

#72BF40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.178 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72BF40
RGBrgb(114, 191, 64)
HSLhsl(96, 50%, 50%)
HSVhsv(96, 66%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(40.3%, 0%, 66.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LABlab(70.32, -45.45, 54.55)
CIE-LCHlch(70.32, 71.00, 129.80°)
OKLaboklab(72.89% -0.1265 0.1249)
OKLCHoklch(72.89% 0.178 135.4)
XYZxyz(26.4950, 41.2078, 11.4073)
Luminance0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72BF40 #8D40BF
analogous
#B1BF40 #72BF40 #40BF4E
triadic
#72BF40 #4072BF #BF4072
tetradic
#72BF40 #40B1BF #8D40BF #BF4E40
square
#72BF40 #40B1BF #8D40BF #BF4E40
split-complementary
#72BF40 #4E40BF #BF40B1
monochromatic
#3B6321 #579131 #72BF40 #94CE6E #B6DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#72BF40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24
#72BF40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BF40
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72BF40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72BF401.002.279.249.24
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2421.001.001.00
##0000009.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B02F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBAA4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#70B8A5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72bf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.178 135.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d37b',
    500: '#72bf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72bf40;
$custom-light: #a0d37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72bf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.378,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72885,
    "c": 0.17776,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72BF40
secondary
#B391CA
accent
#4ED9A3
background
#FAFDF7
surface
#F4FAEE
border
#CED3C9
text
#0F140A
muted
#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BF40

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#72BF40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva