#72C049#72C049

#72C049 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.172 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C049
RGB	rgb(114, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(99, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -45.07, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 68.18, 131.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.1248 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.172 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9909, 41.7563, 12.9396)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C049 #9749C0

analogous

#ADC049 #72C049 #49C05C

triadic

#72C049 #4972C0 #C04972

tetradic

#72C049 #49ADC0 #9749C0 #C05C49

square

#72C049 #49ADC0 #9749C0 #C05C49

split-complementary

#72C049 #5C49C0 #C049AD

monochromatic

#3D6A25 #579734 #72C049 #95D076 #B8DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#72C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#72C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C049

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C049	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FB9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.172 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d380',
    500: '#72c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c049;
$custom-light: #a0d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.328,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73221,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C049

secondary

#BA98CC

accent

#50D8A9

background

#FAFDF8

surface

#F4FAEF

border

#CED3CA

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C049

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

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