#72C842#72C842

#72C842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.188 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72C842
RGB	rgb(114, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(99, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, -48.98, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 74.90, 130.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1359 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.188 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5763, 45.2776, 12.3869)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72C842 #9842C8

analogous

#B5C842 #72C842 #42C855

triadic

#72C842 #4272C8 #C84272

tetradic

#72C842 #42B5C8 #9842C8 #C85542

square

#72C842 #42B5C8 #9842C8 #C85542

split-complementary

#72C842 #5542C8 #C842B5

monochromatic

#3D6F20 #569F2E #72C842 #95D671 #B9E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#72C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#72C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C842

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72C842	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.188 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1d97d',
    500: '#72c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72c842;
$custom-light: #a1d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.507,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75144,
    "c": 0.18782,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72C842

secondary

#BB96D0

accent

#4ADEA9

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FAEE

border

#CED3C9

text

#0F150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72C842

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

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