#72C942#72C942

#72C942 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.189 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72C942
RGBrgb(114, 201, 66)
HSLhsl(99, 56%, 52%)
HSVhsv(99, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(43.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.38, -49.38, 56.99)
CIE-LCHlch(73.38, 75.41, 130.91°)
OKLaboklab(75.39% -0.137 0.1303)
OKLCHoklch(75.39% 0.189 136.4)
XYZxyz(28.8087, 45.7423, 12.4644)
Luminance0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72C942 #9942C9
analogous
#B5C942 #72C942 #42C956
triadic
#72C942 #4272C9 #C94272
tetradic
#72C942 #42B5C9 #9942C9 #C95642
square
#72C942 #42B5C9 #9942C9 #C95642
split-complementary
#72C942 #5642C9 #C942B5
monochromatic
#3D7020 #56A02E #72C942 #96D772 #B9E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07
#72C942 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15
#72C942 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72C942
10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72C942#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72C9421.002.0710.1510.15
#FFFFFF2.071.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1521.001.001.00
##00000010.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B92F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B24E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6EC2AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72c942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.189 136.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1da7d',
    500: '#72c942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72c942;
$custom-light: #a1da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72c942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75392,
    "c": 0.18908,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72C942
secondary
#BC96D1
accent
#49DFAA
background
#FAFDF7
surface
#F4FBEE
border
#CED4C9
text
#0F150A
muted
#7F837C

Preview Lab

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#72C942 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva