#72A456#72A456

#72A456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.121 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A456
RGB	rgb(114, 164, 86)
HSL	hsl(98, 31%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(98, 48%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.5%, 0%, 47.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -31.16, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 46.94, 131.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0857 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.121 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8941, 30.7994, 13.5936)
Luminance	0.3080 (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

#72A456 #8856A4

analogous

#99A456 #72A456 #56A461

triadic

#72A456 #5672A4 #A45672

tetradic

#72A456 #5699A4 #8856A4 #A46156

square

#72A456 #5699A4 #8856A4 #A46156

split-complementary

#72A456 #6156A4 #A45699

monochromatic

#3A542C #567C41 #72A456 #93BB7D #B4D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#72A456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#72A456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A456

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A456	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2955B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#719F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 164, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.121 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9dbf87',
    500: '#72a456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a456;
$custom-light: #9dbf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.462,
    "s": 31.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66458,
    "c": 0.12066,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A456

secondary

#B099BD

accent

#60C7A2

background

#F9FBF8

surface

#F2F7EF

border

#CCD0CA

text

#0E120B

muted

#7E817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A456

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

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