#72C42B#72C42B

#72C42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.197 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C42B
RGBrgb(114, 196, 43)
HSLhsl(92, 64%, 47%)
HSVhsv(92, 78%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(41.8%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.71, -48.91, 63.46)
CIE-LCHlch(71.71, 80.13, 127.62°)
OKLaboklab(73.98% -0.1373 0.1407)
OKLCHoklch(73.98% 0.197 134.3)
XYZxyz(27.1149, 43.2302, 9.2006)
Luminance0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C42B #7D2BC4
analogous
#BFC42B #72C42B #2BC431
triadic
#72C42B #2B72C4 #C42B72
tetradic
#72C42B #2BBFC4 #7D2BC4 #C4312B
square
#72C42B #2BBFC4 #7D2BC4 #C4312B
split-complementary
#72C42B #312BC4 #C42BBF
monochromatic
#386015 #559220 #72C42B #91D953 #B1E485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#72C42B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65
#72C42B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C42B
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C42B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C42B1.002.189.659.65
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6521.001.001.00
##0000009.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCB400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AD3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#71BCA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.197 134.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d671',
    500: '#72c42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c42b;
$custom-light: #a1d671;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.157,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7398,
    "c": 0.19655,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C42B
secondary
#A87DCE
accent
#41E79A
background
#FAFDF7
surface
#F4FAED
border
#CED3C8
text
#101408
muted
#7F837B

Preview Lab

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#72C42B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva