#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
RGB	rgb(114, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(99, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -50.59, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 76.93, 131.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.1403 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.193 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5148, 47.1547, 12.6998)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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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
##72CC42	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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