#72A521#72A521

#72A521 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.164 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72A521
RGB	rgb(114, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(83, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(83, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, -36.25, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 68.05, 122.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.1038 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.164 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6690, 30.5969, 6.2553)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72A521 #5421A5

analogous

#A59621 #72A521 #30A521

triadic

#72A521 #2172A5 #A52172

tetradic

#72A521 #21A596 #5421A5 #A52130

square

#72A521 #21A596 #5421A5 #A52130

split-complementary

#72A521 #2130A5 #9621A5

monochromatic

#2C3F0D #4F7217 #72A521 #95D52E #AFDF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#72A521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#72A521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72A521

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72A521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72A521	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#769D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72a521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.164 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc068',
    500: '#72a521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72a521;
$custom-light: #9fc068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72a521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66164,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72A521

secondary

#855EC4

accent

#3EEA80

background

#FAFBF6

surface

#F4F7EB

border

#CED0C6

text

#0F1207

muted

#7F817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72A521

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

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