#72AE37#72AE37

#72AE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.162 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE37
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(90, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(90, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -38.89, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 65.44, 126.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% -0.1093 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.162 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7648, 34.1245, 9.0009)
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

#72AE37 #7337AE

analogous

#AEAE37 #72AE37 #37AE37

triadic

#72AE37 #3772AE #AE3772

tetradic

#72AE37 #37AEAE #7337AE #AE3737

square

#72AE37 #37AEAE #7337AE #AE3737

split-complementary

#72AE37 #3737AE #AE37AE

monochromatic

#35511A #547F28 #72AE37 #91CA58 #AFD986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#72AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE37

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE37	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)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.162 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc674',
    500: '#72ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae37;
$custom-light: #9fc674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.252,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68567,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE37

secondary

#A17EC3

accent

#4CDB95

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE37

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

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