#72A949#72A949
#72A949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.141 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #72A949 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(114, 169, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(94, 40%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(94, 57%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.70, -35.01, 43.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.70, 55.60, 129.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.51% -0.0972 0.1017) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.51% 0.141 133.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(22.3296, 32.4335, 11.3858) |
| Luminance | 0.3243 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Asparagus
#77AB56
ΔE00 1.95
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 2.94
Fern (survey)
#63A950
ΔE00 3.03
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 3.27
Off Green
#6BA353
ΔE00 3.28
Grass
#5CAC2D
ΔE00 4.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#72A949 #8049A9
analogous
#A2A949 #72A949 #49A950
triadic
#72A949 #4972A9 #A94972
tetradic
#72A949 #49A2A9 #8049A9 #A95049
square
#72A949 #49A2A9 #8049A9 #A95049
split-complementary
#72A949 #5049A9 #A949A2
monochromatic
#385424 #557E37 #72A949 #92C16F #B2D399
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.80
#72A949 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.49
#72A949 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #72A949
7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##72A949 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##72A949 | 1.00 | 2.80 | 7.49 | 7.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9D3F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A79950
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#72A394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #72a949; /* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 169, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.141 133.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#9ec37f',
500: '#72a949',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #72a949; $custom-light: #9ec37f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#72a949",
"rgb": {
"r": 114,
"g": 169,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 94.375,
"s": 39.669,
"l": 47.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67511,
"c": 0.14071,
"h": 133.7
},
"luminance": 0.32434
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#72A949
secondary
#AA8EBF
accent
#58D09D
background
#F9FCF7
surface
#F2F8EE
border
#CCD1C9
text
#0F120A
muted
#7E817C