#72CB42#72CB42

#72CB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.192 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CB42
RGB	rgb(114, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(99, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.8%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -50.19, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 76.42, 131.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.1392 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.192 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2779, 46.6809, 12.6208)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CB42 #9B42CB

analogous

#B6CB42 #72CB42 #42CB56

triadic

#72CB42 #4272CB #CB4272

tetradic

#72CB42 #42B6CB #9B42CB #CB5642

square

#72CB42 #42B6CB #9B42CB #CB5642

split-complementary

#72CB42 #5642CB #CB42B6

monochromatic

#3D7320 #56A32D #72CB42 #96D872 #BAE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#72CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#72CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CB42

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CB42	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.192 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1db7d',
    500: '#72cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cb42;
$custom-light: #a1db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.978,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.19159,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CB42

secondary

#BD97D2

accent

#48E0AB

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#10150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CB42

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

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