#72D042#72D042

#72D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.198 H 137.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D042
RGB	rgb(114, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(100, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(100, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -52.17, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 78.93, 131.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.1446 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.198 137)
XYZ	xyz(30.4778, 49.0806, 13.0207)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D042 #A042D0

analogous

#B9D042 #72D042 #42D059

triadic

#72D042 #4272D0 #D04272

tetradic

#72D042 #42B9D0 #A042D0 #D05942

square

#72D042 #42B9D0 #A042D0 #D05942

split-complementary

#72D042 #5942D0 #D042B9

monochromatic

#3D791E #56AA2A #72D042 #97DC73 #BBE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#72D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#72D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D042

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D042	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DC9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.198 137.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2df7e',
    500: '#72d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d042;
$custom-light: #a2df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.718,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77133,
    "c": 0.1978,
    "h": 137
  },
  "luminance": 0.49083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D042

secondary

#C199D5

accent

#44E3AE

background

#FAFDF8

surface

#F4FBEF

border

#CED4CA

text

#10150A

muted

#7F837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D042

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

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