#72C240#72C240

#72C240 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.182 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C240
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(97, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(97, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -46.70, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 72.54, 130.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1298 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.182 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1560, 42.5297, 11.6277)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C240 #9040C2

analogous

#B3C240 #72C240 #40C24F

triadic

#72C240 #4072C2 #C24072

tetradic

#72C240 #40B3C2 #9040C2 #C24F40

square

#72C240 #40B3C2 #9040C2 #C24F40

split-complementary

#72C240 #4F40C2 #C240B3

monochromatic

#3C6721 #579530 #72C240 #94D16E #B6E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72C240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72C240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C240

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C240	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.182 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d57b',
    500: '#72c240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c240;
$custom-light: #a0d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.923,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73632,
    "c": 0.1816,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C240

secondary

#B692CC

accent

#4DDBA4

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C240

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

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