#72C738#72C738

#72C738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.193 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C738
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(96, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(96, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -49.33, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 77.75, 129.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% -0.1375 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.193 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0760, 44.7082, 10.8908)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C738 #8D38C7

analogous

#BAC738 #72C738 #38C745

triadic

#72C738 #3872C7 #C73872

tetradic

#72C738 #38BAC7 #8D38C7 #C74538

square

#72C738 #38BAC7 #8D38C7 #C74538

split-complementary

#72C738 #4538C7 #C738BA

monochromatic

#3B671D #57972B #72C738 #94D468 #B6E298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#72C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C738

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C738	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.193 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d877',
    500: '#72c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c738;
$custom-light: #a1d877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.664,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74814,
    "c": 0.19308,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C738

secondary

#B38DCD

accent

#48DFA2

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#101409

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C738

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

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