#72C042#72C042

#72C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.178 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C042
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(97, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -45.70, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 70.80, 130.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.127 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.178 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7718, 41.6686, 11.7854)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C042 #9042C0

analogous

#B1C042 #72C042 #42C051

triadic

#72C042 #4272C0 #C04272

tetradic

#72C042 #42B1C0 #9042C0 #C05142

square

#72C042 #42B1C0 #9042C0 #C05142

split-complementary

#72C042 #5142C0 #C042B1

monochromatic

#3C6622 #579431 #72C042 #94CF70 #B6DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#72C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C042

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C042	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)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.178 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d37c',
    500: '#72c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c042;
$custom-light: #a0d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73152,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C042

secondary

#B693CB

accent

#4EDAA4

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C042

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

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