#72D738#72D738

#72D738 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.212 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72D738
RGB	rgb(114, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(98, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(98, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -55.59, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 85.48, 130.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.1545 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.212 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9528, 52.4617, 12.1830)
Luminance	0.5246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72D738 #9D38D7

analogous

#C2D738 #72D738 #38D74D

triadic

#72D738 #3872D7 #D73872

tetradic

#72D738 #38C2D7 #9D38D7 #D74D38

square

#72D738 #38C2D7 #9D38D7 #D74D38

split-complementary

#72D738 #4D38D7 #D738C2

monochromatic

#3D7C19 #56AF23 #72D738 #96E16B #BAEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#72D738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#72D738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72D738

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72D738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72D738	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6DCFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72d738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.212 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3e479',
    500: '#72d738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72d738;
$custom-light: #a3e479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72d738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.113,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.788,
    "c": 0.21228,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72D738

secondary

#653083

accent

#3EE9AB

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F7FCF2

border

#D0D5CC

text

#10160A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72D738

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →