#72AE38#72AE38

#72AE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.161 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE38
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(91, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(91, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.07, -38.81, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.07, 65.08, 126.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.109 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.161 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7890, 34.1341, 9.1284)
Luminance	0.3413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE38 #7438AE

analogous

#ADAE38 #72AE38 #38AE39

triadic

#72AE38 #3872AE #AE3872

tetradic

#72AE38 #38ADAE #7438AE #AE3938

square

#72AE38 #38ADAE #7438AE #AE3938

split-complementary

#72AE38 #3938AE #AE38AD

monochromatic

#35511A #548029 #72AE38 #91CA59 #B0D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#72AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#72AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE38

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE38	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73A796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.161 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc675',
    500: '#72ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae38;
$custom-light: #9fc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.508,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68576,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE38

secondary

#A17FC3

accent

#4DDB95

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE38

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

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