#72A042#72A042

#72A042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.134 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A042
RGB	rgb(114, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, -31.56, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 53.54, 126.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.2% -0.0883 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.134 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4934, 29.1118, 9.6926)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A042 #7042A0

analogous

#A09F42 #72A042 #43A042

triadic

#72A042 #4272A0 #A04272

tetradic

#72A042 #42A09F #7042A0 #A04243

square

#72A042 #42A09F #7042A0 #A04243

split-complementary

#72A042 #4243A0 #9F42A0

monochromatic

#34491E #537530 #72A042 #91BE61 #AFD08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#72A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#72A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A042

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A042	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)

#A79538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#749A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.134 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbc7a',
    500: '#72a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a042;
$custom-light: #9dbc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.362,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65198,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A042

secondary

#9E83BB

accent

#56D193

background

#F9FBF7

surface

#F2F6EE

border

#CCD0C9

text

#0F1209

muted

#7E817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A042

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

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