#72A01B#72A01B

#72A01B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.160 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A01B
RGBrgb(114, 160, 27)
HSLhsl(81, 71%, 37%)
HSVhsv(81, 83%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(28.8%, 0%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.60, -34.24, 57.89)
CIE-LCHlch(60.60, 67.26, 120.61°)
OKLaboklab(64.88% -0.0987 0.1265)
OKLCHoklch(64.88% 0.16 128)
XYZxyz(19.7081, 28.7977, 5.5569)
Luminance0.2880 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A01B #491BA0
analogous
#A08C1B #72A01B #30A01B
triadic
#72A01B #1B72A0 #A01B72
tetradic
#72A01B #1BA08C #491BA0 #A01B30
square
#72A01B #1BA08C #491BA0 #A01B30
split-complementary
#72A01B #1B30A0 #8C1BA0
monochromatic
#273709 #4D6C12 #72A01B #97D424 #B1E253

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11
#72A01B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76
#72A01B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A01B
6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A01B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A01B1.003.116.766.76
#FFFFFF3.111.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7621.001.001.00
##0000006.7621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89400
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2912B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#769888
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a01b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.160 128.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbc65',
    500: '#72a01b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a01b;
$custom-light: #9fbc65;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a01b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.752,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64883,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.28798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A01B
secondary
#7A52C5
accent
#3AEE78
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F4F6EB
border
#CED0C6
text
#0F1206
muted
#7F817A

Preview Lab

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#72A01B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva