#72CD42#72CD42

#72CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.194 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CD42
RGB	rgb(114, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(99, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -50.99, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 77.43, 131.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1413 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.194 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7533, 47.6316, 12.7792)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CD42 #9D42CD

analogous

#B7CD42 #72CD42 #42CD58

triadic

#72CD42 #4272CD #CD4272

tetradic

#72CD42 #42B7CD #9D42CD #CD5842

square

#72CD42 #42B7CD #9D42CD #CD5842

split-complementary

#72CD42 #5842CD #CD42B7

monochromatic

#3D761F #56A62C #72CD42 #96DA72 #BAE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#72CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#72CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CD42

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CD42	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6EC6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.194 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dd7d',
    500: '#72cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cd42;
$custom-light: #a1dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.281,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.19409,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CD42

secondary

#BF97D3

accent

#46E1AC

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#10150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CD42

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

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