#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
RGBrgb(114, 199, 56)
HSLhsl(96, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(96, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(42.7%, 0%, 71.9%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.70, -49.33, 60.09)
CIE-LCHlch(72.70, 77.75, 129.38°)
OKLaboklab(74.81% -0.1375 0.1355)
OKLCHoklch(74.81% 0.193 135.4)
XYZxyz(28.0760, 44.7082, 10.8908)
Luminance0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##72C7381.002.119.949.94
#FFFFFF2.111.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9421.001.001.00
##0000009.9421.001.001.00

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

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#72C738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva