#72AE27#72AE27

#72AE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.172 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE27
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(87, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(87, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -39.92, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 70.69, 124.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.1133 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.172 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4415, 33.9951, 7.2984)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE27 #6327AE

analogous

#AEA727 #72AE27 #2EAE27

triadic

#72AE27 #2772AE #AE2772

tetradic

#72AE27 #27AEA7 #6327AE #AE272E

square

#72AE27 #27AEA7 #6327AE #AE272E

split-complementary

#72AE27 #272EAE #A727AE

monochromatic

#304A11 #517C1C #72AE27 #91D43E #AEDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#72AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#72AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE27

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE27	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A101

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.172 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c66c',
    500: '#72ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae27;
$custom-light: #a0c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6845,
    "c": 0.17193,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE27

secondary

#936BC6

accent

#41E68B

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1307

muted

#7F827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE27

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

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