#72C231#72C231

#72C231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.191 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C231
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(93, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(93, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, -47.76, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 77.46, 128.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.1338 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.191 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7851, 42.3813, 9.6742)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C231 #8131C2

analogous

#BBC231 #72C231 #31C238

triadic

#72C231 #3172C2 #C23172

tetradic

#72C231 #31BBC2 #8131C2 #C23831

square

#72C231 #31BBC2 #8131C2 #C23831

split-complementary

#72C231 #3831C2 #C231BB

monochromatic

#396018 #559125 #72C231 #92D65B #B2E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#72C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#72C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C231

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C231	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B211

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71BAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.191 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d573',
    500: '#72c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c231;
$custom-light: #a1d573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.103,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73516,
    "c": 0.19104,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C231

secondary

#AB83CC

accent

#45E39C

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAED

border

#CED3C8

text

#101409

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C231

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

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