#72972C#72972C

#72972C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.140 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72972C
RGB	rgb(114, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -29.12, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 57.59, 120.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0835 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.14 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4607, 25.8922, 6.4075)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72972C #512C97

analogous

#97862C #72972C #3C972C

triadic

#72972C #2C7297 #972C72

tetradic

#72972C #2C9786 #512C97 #972C3C

square

#72972C #2C9786 #512C97 #972C3C

split-complementary

#72972C #2C3C97 #862C97

monochromatic

#2A3810 #4E681E #72972C #96C63A #AFD46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#72972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#72972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72972C

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72972C	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)

#9F8D1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#779082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.140 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eb56c',
    500: '#72972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72972c;
$custom-light: #9eb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.748,
    "s": 54.872,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62747,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72972C

secondary

#8265BA

accent

#4ADE7D

background

#FAFBF6

surface

#F3F6EC

border

#CDD0C7

text

#0F1107

muted

#7F807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72972C

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

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