#72C742#72C742

#72C742 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.187 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C742
RGB	rgb(114, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(98, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(98, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -48.58, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 74.39, 130.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.9% -0.1348 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.9% 0.187 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3455, 44.8160, 12.3100)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C742 #9742C7

analogous

#B5C742 #72C742 #42C755

triadic

#72C742 #4272C7 #C74272

tetradic

#72C742 #42B5C7 #9742C7 #C75542

square

#72C742 #42B5C7 #9742C7 #C75542

split-complementary

#72C742 #5542C7 #C742B5

monochromatic

#3D6E21 #579D2F #72C742 #95D571 #B8E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#72C742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#72C742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C742

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C742	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.187 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d87d',
    500: '#72c742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c742;
$custom-light: #a1d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.346,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74895,
    "c": 0.18656,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C742

secondary

#BA95D0

accent

#4ADEA8

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C742

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

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