#72CA38#72CA38

#72CA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.197 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CA38
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(96, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(96, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -50.53, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 79.22, 129.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1408 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.197 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7731, 46.1023, 11.1231)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CA38 #9038CA

analogous

#BBCA38 #72CA38 #38CA47

triadic

#72CA38 #3872CA #CA3872

tetradic

#72CA38 #38BBCA #9038CA #CA4738

square

#72CA38 #38BBCA #9038CA #CA4738

split-complementary

#72CA38 #4738CA #CA38BB

monochromatic

#3C6B1D #579B29 #72CA38 #94D768 #B6E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#72CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CA38

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CA38	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.197 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1db78',
    500: '#72ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ca38;
$custom-light: #a1db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.164,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75562,
    "c": 0.19674,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CA38

secondary

#B68ECF

accent

#47E1A4

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#101509

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CA38

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

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