#72C242#72C242

#72C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.180 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C242
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(98, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(98, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -46.53, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 71.83, 130.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.1292 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.18 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2139, 42.5528, 11.9328)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C242 #9242C2

analogous

#B2C242 #72C242 #42C252

triadic

#72C242 #4272C2 #C24272

tetradic

#72C242 #42B2C2 #9242C2 #C25242

square

#72C242 #42B2C2 #9242C2 #C25242

split-complementary

#72C242 #5242C2 #C242B2

monochromatic

#3C6822 #579631 #72C242 #95D170 #B7E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#72C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#72C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C242

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C242	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)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.180 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d57c',
    500: '#72c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c242;
$custom-light: #a0d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.18018,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C242

secondary

#B794CC

accent

#4DDBA6

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C242

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

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