#72AE23#72AE23

#72AE23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.174 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE23
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(86, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(86, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.94, -40.13, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.94, 71.81, 123.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.1141 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.174 131)
XYZ	xyz(22.3787, 33.9700, 6.9676)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE23 #5F23AE

analogous

#AEA423 #72AE23 #2DAE23

triadic

#72AE23 #2372AE #AE2372

tetradic

#72AE23 #23AEA4 #5F23AE #AE232D

square

#72AE23 #23AEA4 #5F23AE #AE232D

split-complementary

#72AE23 #232DAE #A423AE

monochromatic

#2F480F #517B19 #72AE23 #92D737 #AEE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#72AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#72AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE23

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE23	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.174 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c66a',
    500: '#72ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae23;
$custom-light: #a0c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.899,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68428,
    "c": 0.17392,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.33971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE23

secondary

#9066C7

accent

#3EE988

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1307

muted

#7F827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE23

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

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