#72C238#72C238

#72C238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.187 H 135.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C238
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(95, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(95, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -47.30, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 75.27, 128.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1321 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.187 135)
XYZ	xyz(26.9444, 42.4451, 10.5136)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C238 #8838C2

analogous

#B7C238 #72C238 #38C243

triadic

#72C238 #3872C2 #C23872

tetradic

#72C238 #38B7C2 #8838C2 #C24338

square

#72C238 #38B7C2 #8838C2 #C24338

split-complementary

#72C238 #4338C2 #C238B7

monochromatic

#3A631D #56932A #72C238 #93D265 #B4E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#72C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C238

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C238	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BBA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.187 135.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d577',
    500: '#72c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c238;
$custom-light: #a1d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73566,
    "c": 0.18691,
    "h": 135
  },
  "luminance": 0.42447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C238

secondary

#B08ACB

accent

#49DFA0

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F1409

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C238

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

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