#72E22B#72E22B

#72E22B is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.231 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72E22B
RGB	rgb(114, 226, 43)
HSL	hsl(97, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(97, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -60.41, 71.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 93.89, 130.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.1681 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.231 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5708, 58.1421, 11.6859)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72E22B #9B2BE2

analogous

#CEE22B #72E22B #2BE23F

triadic

#72E22B #2B72E2 #E22B72

tetradic

#72E22B #2BCEE2 #9B2BE2 #E23F2B

square

#72E22B #2BCEE2 #9B2BE2 #E23F2B

split-complementary

#72E22B #3F2BE2 #E22BCE

monochromatic

#3D8112 #56B719 #72E22B #96E961 #BAF197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#72E22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#72E22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72E22B

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72E22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72E22B	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6CDAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72e22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 226, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.231 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5ec75',
    500: '#72e22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72e22b;
$custom-light: #a5ec75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72e22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.721,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.23096,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72E22B

secondary

#632A88

accent

#35F3A9

background

#FDFFFB

surface

#F7FEF1

border

#D0D6CB

text

#101609

muted

#81857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #72E22B

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

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