#72D427#72D427

#72D427 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.217 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72D427
RGBrgb(114, 212, 39)
HSLhsl(94, 69%, 49%)
HSVhsv(94, 82%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(46.2%, 0%, 81.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.56, -55.37, 69.05)
CIE-LCHlch(76.56, 88.51, 128.72°)
OKLaboklab(77.96% -0.1548 0.1519)
OKLCHoklch(77.96% 0.217 135.6)
XYZxyz(30.8484, 50.8089, 10.1007)
Luminance0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72D427 #8927D4
analogous
#C9D427 #72D427 #27D432
triadic
#72D427 #2772D4 #D42772
tetradic
#72D427 #27C9D4 #8927D4 #D43227
square
#72D427 #27C9D4 #8927D4 #D43227
split-complementary
#72D427 #3227D4 #D427C9
monochromatic
#3A6D14 #56A01D #72D427 #93E058 #B4EA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#72D427 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16
#72D427 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D427
11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72D427#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72D4271.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC200
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#6ECCB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72d427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.217 135.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e271',
    500: '#72d427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72d427;
$custom-light: #a3e271;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72d427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.988,
    "s": 68.924,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.21687,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72D427
secondary
#552976
accent
#3CECA0
background
#FDFEFB
surface
#F7FCF1
border
#D0D5CB
text
#101509
muted
#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D427

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#72D427 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva