#72972A#72972A

#72972A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.141 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72972A
RGB	rgb(114, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(80, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -29.25, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 58.32, 120.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.084 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.141 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4240, 25.8775, 6.2142)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72972A #4F2A97

analogous

#97852A #72972A #3B972A

triadic

#72972A #2A7297 #972A72

tetradic

#72972A #2A9785 #4F2A97 #972A3B

square

#72972A #2A9785 #4F2A97 #972A3B

split-complementary

#72972A #2A3B97 #852A97

monochromatic

#2A370F #4E671D #72972A #96C737 #AFD567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#72972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#72972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72972A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72972A	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.141 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eb56b',
    500: '#72972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72972a;
$custom-light: #9eb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.367,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62731,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72972A

secondary

#8062BB

accent

#48E07C

background

#FAFBF6

surface

#F3F6EC

border

#CDD0C7

text

#0F1107

muted

#7F807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72972A

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

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