#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
RGB	rgb(114, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(99, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -49.38, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 75.41, 130.91°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.137 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.189 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8087, 45.7423, 12.4644)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##72C942	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #72C942

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

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