#72A22B#72A22B

#72A22B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.155 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72A22B
RGBrgb(114, 162, 43)
HSLhsl(84, 58%, 40%)
HSVhsv(84, 73%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(29.6%, 0%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.30, -34.34, 53.43)
CIE-LCHlch(61.30, 63.52, 122.73°)
OKLaboklab(65.48% -0.0978 0.1197)
OKLCHoklch(65.48% 0.155 129.3)
XYZxyz(20.2957, 29.5919, 6.9275)
Luminance0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72A22B #5B2BA2
analogous
#A2972B #72A22B #36A22B
triadic
#72A22B #2B72A2 #A22B72
tetradic
#72A22B #2BA297 #5B2BA2 #A22B36
square
#72A22B #2BA297 #5B2BA2 #A22B36
split-complementary
#72A22B #2B36A2 #972BA2
monochromatic
#2E4111 #50721E #72A22B #93CC3E #AED96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04
#72A22B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92
#72A22B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A22B
6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72A22B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72A22B1.003.046.926.92
#FFFFFF3.041.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9221.001.001.00
##0000006.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AA9615
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A39336
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#759B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.155 129.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebe6d',
    500: '#72a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72a22b;
$custom-light: #9ebe6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.202,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65478,
    "c": 0.15457,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72A22B
secondary
#8C69C0
accent
#47E185
background
#FAFBF6
surface
#F3F6EC
border
#CDD0C7
text
#0F1207
muted
#7F817A

Preview Lab

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#72A22B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva