#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
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 43)
HSL	hsl(92, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(92, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -48.91, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 80.13, 127.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.1373 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.197 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1149, 43.2302, 9.2006)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

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
##72C42B	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72C42B

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

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