#72CF42#72CF42

#72CF42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.197 H 136.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72CF42
RGB	rgb(114, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(100, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(100, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -51.78, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 78.43, 131.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.1435 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.197 136.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2347, 48.5945, 12.9397)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72CF42 #9F42CF

analogous

#B9CF42 #72CF42 #42CF58

triadic

#72CF42 #4272CF #CF4272

tetradic

#72CF42 #42B9CF #9F42CF #CF5842

square

#72CF42 #42B9CF #9F42CF #CF5842

split-complementary

#72CF42 #5842CF #CF42B9

monochromatic

#3D781F #56A92B #72CF42 #96DB73 #BBE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#72CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#72CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72CF42

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72CF42	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.197 136.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2de7e',
    500: '#72cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72cf42;
$custom-light: #a2de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.574,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76885,
    "c": 0.19656,
    "h": 136.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72CF42

secondary

#C098D5

accent

#45E3AD

background

#FAFDF8

surface

#F4FBEF

border

#CED4CA

text

#10150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72CF42

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

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