#72CC42#72CC42

#72CC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.193 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72CC42
RGBrgb(114, 204, 66)
HSLhsl(99, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(99, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(44.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(74.29, -50.59, 57.95)
CIE-LCHlch(74.29, 76.93, 131.12°)
OKLaboklab(76.14% -0.1403 0.1323)
OKLCHoklch(76.14% 0.193 136.7)
XYZxyz(29.5148, 47.1547, 12.6998)
Luminance0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72CC42 #9C42CC
analogous
#B7CC42 #72CC42 #42CC57
triadic
#72CC42 #4272CC #CC4272
tetradic
#72CC42 #42B7CC #9C42CC #CC5742
square
#72CC42 #42B7CC #9C42CC #CC5742
split-complementary
#72CC42 #5742CC #CC42B7
monochromatic
#3D741F #56A42C #72CC42 #96D972 #BAE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#72CC42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43
#72CC42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CC42
10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72CC42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72CC421.002.0110.4310.43
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4321.001.001.00
##00000010.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BB2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6EC5B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.193 136.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dc7d',
    500: '#72cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72cc42;
$custom-light: #a1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76139,
    "c": 0.19285,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72CC42
secondary
#BE97D3
accent
#47E1AB
background
#FAFDF7
surface
#F4FBEE
border
#CED4C9
text
#10150A
muted
#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CC42

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#72CC42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva