#72C249#72C249

#72C249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.175 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C249
RGB	rgb(114, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(100, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(100, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -45.91, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 69.24, 131.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.127 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.175 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4331, 42.6405, 13.0870)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C249 #9949C2

analogous

#AFC249 #72C249 #49C25C

triadic

#72C249 #4972C2 #C24972

tetradic

#72C249 #49AFC2 #9949C2 #C25C49

square

#72C249 #49AFC2 #9949C2 #C25C49

split-complementary

#72C249 #5C49C2 #C249AF

monochromatic

#3D6C24 #569A34 #72C249 #96D177 #B9E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#72C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C249

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C249	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FBBA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.175 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0d580',
    500: '#72c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c249;
$custom-light: #a0d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.669,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73718,
    "c": 0.17492,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C249

secondary

#BC99CE

accent

#4ED9AA

background

#FAFDF8

surface

#F4FAEF

border

#CED3CA

text

#0F140B

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C249

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

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