#72AE28#72AE28

#72AE28 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.171 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE28
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(87, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(87, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -39.87, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 70.40, 124.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.1131 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.171 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4583, 34.0019, 7.3868)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE28 #6428AE

analogous

#AEA728 #72AE28 #2FAE28

triadic

#72AE28 #2872AE #AE2872

tetradic

#72AE28 #28AEA7 #6428AE #AE282F

square

#72AE28 #28AEA7 #6428AE #AE282F

split-complementary

#72AE28 #282FAE #A728AE

monochromatic

#314A11 #517C1D #72AE28 #91D340 #AEDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#72AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#72AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE28

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE28	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)

#B6A104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74A795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.171 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc66d',
    500: '#72ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae28;
$custom-light: #9fc66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE28

secondary

#946CC6

accent

#42E68B

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE28

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

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