#72CE42#72CE42

#72CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.195 H 136.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CE42
RGB	rgb(114, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(99, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(99, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -51.38, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 77.93, 131.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.1424 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.195 136.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9932, 48.1115, 12.8592)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CE42 #9E42CE

analogous

#B8CE42 #72CE42 #42CE58

triadic

#72CE42 #4272CE #CE4272

tetradic

#72CE42 #42B8CE #9E42CE #CE5842

square

#72CE42 #42B8CE #9E42CE #CE5842

split-complementary

#72CE42 #5842CE #CE42B8

monochromatic

#3D771F #56A72B #72CE42 #96DB73 #BBE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#72CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#72CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CE42

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CE42	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.195 136.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1dd7d',
    500: '#72ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ce42;
$custom-light: #a1dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76636,
    "c": 0.19533,
    "h": 136.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CE42

secondary

#BF98D4

accent

#46E2AC

background

#FAFDF7

surface

#F4FBEE

border

#CED4C9

text

#10150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CE42

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

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