#72C838#72C838

#72C838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.194 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C838
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(96, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(96, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -49.73, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 78.24, 129.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.1386 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.194 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3068, 45.1699, 10.9677)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C838 #8E38C8

analogous

#BAC838 #72C838 #38C846

triadic

#72C838 #3872C8 #C83872

tetradic

#72C838 #38BAC8 #8E38C8 #C84638

square

#72C838 #38BAC8 #8E38C8 #C84638

split-complementary

#72C838 #4638C8 #C838BA

monochromatic

#3B691D #57992A #72C838 #94D568 #B6E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#72C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C838

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C838	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.194 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d978',
    500: '#72c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c838;
$custom-light: #a1d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75063,
    "c": 0.19431,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C838

secondary

#B48ECE

accent

#48E0A3

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#101509

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C838

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

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