#72C040#72C040

#72C040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.179 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C040
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(97, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(97, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -45.87, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 71.52, 129.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1276 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.179 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7138, 41.6454, 11.4803)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C040 #8E40C0

analogous

#B2C040 #72C040 #40C04E

triadic

#72C040 #4072C0 #C04072

tetradic

#72C040 #40B2C0 #8E40C0 #C04E40

square

#72C040 #40B2C0 #8E40C0 #C04E40

split-complementary

#72C040 #4E40C0 #C040B2

monochromatic

#3B6421 #579230 #72C040 #94CF6E #B6DE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#72C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C040

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C040	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.179 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d37b',
    500: '#72c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c040;
$custom-light: #a0d37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.563,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C040

secondary

#B491CB

accent

#4EDAA3

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C040

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

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