#72C142#72C142

#72C142 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.179 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C142
RGB	rgb(114, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(97, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(97, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -46.12, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 71.31, 130.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1281 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.179 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9921, 42.1092, 11.8588)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C142 #9142C1

analogous

#B1C142 #72C142 #42C151

triadic

#72C142 #4272C1 #C14272

tetradic

#72C142 #42B1C1 #9142C1 #C15142

square

#72C142 #42B1C1 #9142C1 #C15142

split-complementary

#72C142 #5142C1 #C142B1

monochromatic

#3C6722 #579531 #72C142 #94D070 #B7DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#72C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#72C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C142

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C142	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.179 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d47c',
    500: '#72c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c142;
$custom-light: #a0d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.323,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C142

secondary

#B693CC

accent

#4EDAA5

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C142

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

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