#72972E#72972E

#72972E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.138 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72972E
RGB	rgb(114, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -28.98, 48.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 56.84, 120.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0829 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.138 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4992, 25.9076, 6.6103)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72972E #532E97

analogous

#97872E #72972E #3D972E

triadic

#72972E #2E7297 #972E72

tetradic

#72972E #2E9787 #532E97 #972E3D

square

#72972E #2E9787 #532E97 #972E3D

split-complementary

#72972E #2E3D97 #872E97

monochromatic

#2B3911 #4F6820 #72972E #95C43E #AFD26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#72972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#72972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72972E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#9F8D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.138 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9eb56d',
    500: '#72972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72972e;
$custom-light: #9eb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.143,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62763,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72972E

secondary

#8467BA

accent

#4BDD7E

background

#FAFBF6

surface

#F3F6EC

border

#CDD0C7

text

#0F1107

muted

#7F807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72972E

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

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