#72A231#72A231

#72A231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.151 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A231
RGB	rgb(114, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(85, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -33.94, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 61.41, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0962 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.151 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4140, 29.6392, 7.5505)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A231 #6131A2

analogous

#A29A31 #72A231 #39A231

triadic

#72A231 #3172A2 #A23172

tetradic

#72A231 #31A29A #6131A2 #A23139

square

#72A231 #31A29A #6131A2 #A23139

split-complementary

#72A231 #3139A2 #9A31A2

monochromatic

#304415 #517323 #72A231 #92C848 #AED677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#72A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#72A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #72A231

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A231	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#759B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.151 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ebe70',
    500: '#72a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a231;
$custom-light: #9ebe70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.487,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65524,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A231

secondary

#9271BE

accent

#4BDD89

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F3F6ED

border

#CDD0C8

text

#0F1208

muted

#7F817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A231

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

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