#72CC38#72CC38

#72CC38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.199 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CC38
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(96, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(96, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -51.32, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 80.19, 129.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.1429 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.199 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2454, 47.0469, 11.2806)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CC38 #9238CC

analogous

#BCCC38 #72CC38 #38CC48

triadic

#72CC38 #3872CC #CC3872

tetradic

#72CC38 #38BCCC #9238CC #CC4838

square

#72CC38 #38BCCC #9238CC #CC4838

split-complementary

#72CC38 #4838CC #CC38BC

monochromatic

#3C6E1C #579E29 #72CC38 #95D869 #B7E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#72CC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#72CC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CC38

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CC38	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6FC4AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.199 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2dc78',
    500: '#72cc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cc38;
$custom-light: #a2dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7606,
    "c": 0.19917,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CC38

secondary

#B78FD1

accent

#45E2A5

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#101509

muted

#7F837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CC38

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

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