#72AE36#72AE36

#72AE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.163 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE36
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(90, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(90, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -38.97, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 65.81, 126.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.56% -0.1096 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.56% 0.163 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7410, 34.1150, 8.8760)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE36 #7236AE

analogous

#AEAE36 #72AE36 #36AE36

triadic

#72AE36 #3672AE #AE3672

tetradic

#72AE36 #36AEAE #7236AE #AE3636

square

#72AE36 #36AEAE #7236AE #AE3636

split-complementary

#72AE36 #3636AE #AE36AE

monochromatic

#355119 #537F28 #72AE36 #91CB56 #AFD985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#72AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE36

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE36	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.163 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc674',
    500: '#72ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae36;
$custom-light: #9fc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68558,
    "c": 0.16281,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE36

secondary

#A07DC3

accent

#4CDC94

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE36

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

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