#72CA42#72CA42

#72CA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.190 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CA42
RGB	rgb(114, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(99, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -49.79, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 75.92, 130.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.1381 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.19 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0425, 46.2101, 12.5423)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CA42 #9A42CA

analogous

#B6CA42 #72CA42 #42CA56

triadic

#72CA42 #4272CA #CA4272

tetradic

#72CA42 #42B6CA #9A42CA #CA5642

square

#72CA42 #42B6CA #9A42CA #CA5642

split-complementary

#72CA42 #5642CA #CA42B6

monochromatic

#3D7220 #56A22D #72CA42 #96D772 #B9E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#72CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#72CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CA42

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CA42	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.190 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1db7d',
    500: '#72ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ca42;
$custom-light: #a1db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.19033,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CA42

secondary

#BD96D1

accent

#48DFAA

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#0F150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CA42

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

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