#72A228#72A228

#72A228 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.156 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A228
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(84, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(84, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.28, -34.52, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.28, 64.50, 122.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0986 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.156 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2427, 29.5707, 6.6483)
Luminance	0.2957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A228 #5828A2

analogous

#A29528 #72A228 #35A228

triadic

#72A228 #2872A2 #A22872

tetradic

#72A228 #28A295 #5828A2 #A22835

square

#72A228 #28A295 #5828A2 #A22835

split-complementary

#72A228 #2835A2 #9528A2

monochromatic

#2D4010 #4F711C #72A228 #93CE39 #AEDA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#72A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#72A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A228

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A228	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.156 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fbe6b',
    500: '#72a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a228;
$custom-light: #9fbe6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.607,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A228

secondary

#8965C1

accent

#44E483

background

#FAFBF6

surface

#F4F6EC

border

#CED0C7

text

#0F1207

muted

#7F817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A228

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

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