#72C538#72C538

#72C538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.191 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C538
RGB	rgb(114, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(95, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(95, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -48.52, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 76.76, 129.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.1354 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.191 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6189, 43.7939, 10.7384)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C538 #8B38C5

analogous

#B9C538 #72C538 #38C545

triadic

#72C538 #3872C5 #C53872

tetradic

#72C538 #38B9C5 #8B38C5 #C54538

square

#72C538 #38B9C5 #8B38C5 #C54538

split-complementary

#72C538 #4538C5 #C538B9

monochromatic

#3B661D #56952A #72C538 #93D467 #B5E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#72C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#72C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C538

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C538	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.191 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d777',
    500: '#72c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c538;
$custom-light: #a1d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.19062,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C538

secondary

#B28CCD

accent

#49DFA1

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F1409

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C538

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

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