#72C438#72C438

#72C438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.189 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C438
RGB	rgb(114, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(95, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(95, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -48.12, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 76.26, 129.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.1343 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.189 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3925, 43.3413, 10.6630)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C438 #8A38C4

analogous

#B8C438 #72C438 #38C444

triadic

#72C438 #3872C4 #C43872

tetradic

#72C438 #38B8C4 #8A38C4 #C44438

square

#72C438 #38B8C4 #8A38C4 #C44438

split-complementary

#72C438 #4438C4 #C438B8

monochromatic

#3B651D #56942A #72C438 #93D366 #B5E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#72C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#72C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C438

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C438	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BDA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.189 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d677',
    500: '#72c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c438;
$custom-light: #a1d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74065,
    "c": 0.18939,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C438

secondary

#B18CCC

accent

#49DFA1

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F1409

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C438

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

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