#72D42F#72D42F

#72D42F is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.213 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D42F
RGB	rgb(114, 212, 47)
HSL	hsl(96, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(96, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 0%, 77.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -54.98, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 86.56, 129.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1533 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.213 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9952, 50.8676, 10.8740)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D42F #912FD4

analogous

#C5D42F #72D42F #2FD43E

triadic

#72D42F #2F72D4 #D42F72

tetradic

#72D42F #2FC5D4 #912FD4 #D43E2F

square

#72D42F #2FC5D4 #912FD4 #D43E2F

split-complementary

#72D42F #3E2FD4 #D42FC5

monochromatic

#3C7117 #57A422 #72D42F #94DE62 #B7E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#72D42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#72D42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D42F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D42F	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6ECCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 212, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.213 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e275',
    500: '#72d42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d42f;
$custom-light: #a3e275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.636,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77998,
    "c": 0.21338,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D42F

secondary

#5B2D7A

accent

#3FE9A4

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F7FCF1

border

#D0D5CB

text

#101509

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D42F

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

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