#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
RGBrgb(114, 194, 56)
HSLhsl(95, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(95, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(41.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(71.18, -47.30, 58.55)
CIE-LCHlch(71.18, 75.27, 128.94°)
OKLaboklab(73.57% -0.1321 0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(73.57% 0.187 135)
XYZxyz(26.9444, 42.4451, 10.5136)
Luminance0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##72C2381.002.219.499.49
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4921.001.001.00
##0000009.4921.001.001.00

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

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#72C238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva