#72C840#72C840

#72C840 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.189 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C840
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(98, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(98, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -49.14, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 75.60, 130.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1365 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.189 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5184, 45.2545, 12.0818)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72C840 #9640C8

analogous

#B6C840 #72C840 #40C852

triadic

#72C840 #4072C8 #C84072

tetradic

#72C840 #40B6C8 #9640C8 #C85240

square

#72C840 #40B6C8 #9640C8 #C85240

split-complementary

#72C840 #5240C8 #C840B6

monochromatic

#3C6E20 #579D2D #72C840 #95D670 #B8E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72C840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#72C840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C840

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C840	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.189 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d97c',
    500: '#72c840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c840;
$custom-light: #a1d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75126,
    "c": 0.18919,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C840

secondary

#BA94D0

accent

#49DFA8

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C840

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

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