#72AE50#72AE50

#72AE50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.141 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72AE50
RGB	rgb(114, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(98, 37%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(98, 54%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 54%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -36.51, 41.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 55.43, 131.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.1008 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.141 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5229, 34.4277, 12.9937)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72AE50 #8C50AE

analogous

#A1AE50 #72AE50 #50AE5D

triadic

#72AE50 #5072AE #AE5072

tetradic

#72AE50 #50A1AE #8C50AE #AE5D50

square

#72AE50 #50A1AE #8C50AE #AE5D50

split-complementary

#72AE50 #5D50AE #AE50A1

monochromatic

#3B5A29 #57843D #72AE50 #94C27A #B5D5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#72AE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#72AE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72AE50

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72AE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72AE50	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.141 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ec684',
    500: '#72ae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ae50;
$custom-light: #9ec684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.298,
    "s": 37.008,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68839,
    "c": 0.14138,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72AE50

secondary

#B398C2

accent

#5BCDA4

background

#F9FCF8

surface

#F2F8EF

border

#CCD1CA

text

#0F130B

muted

#7E827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72AE50

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

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