#72A040#72A040

#72A040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.136 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A040
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(89, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -31.75, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 54.39, 125.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% -0.089 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.136 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4354, 29.0886, 9.3875)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A040 #6E40A0

analogous

#A09E40 #72A040 #42A040

triadic

#72A040 #4072A0 #A04072

tetradic

#72A040 #40A09E #6E40A0 #A04042

square

#72A040 #40A09E #6E40A0 #A04042

split-complementary

#72A040 #4042A0 #9E40A0

monochromatic

#34491D #53742F #72A040 #91BF5E #AFD08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#72A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#72A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A040

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A040	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.136 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbc78',
    500: '#72a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a040;
$custom-light: #9dbc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.75,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65174,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A040

secondary

#9D81BB

accent

#55D391

background

#F9FBF7

surface

#F2F6ED

border

#CCD0C8

text

#0F1209

muted

#7E817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A040

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

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