#72B227#72B227

#72B227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.177 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B227
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(88, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(88, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -41.65, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 72.63, 124.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.118 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.177 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2258, 35.5637, 7.5598)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B227 #6727B2

analogous

#B2AC27 #72B227 #2DB227

triadic

#72B227 #2772B2 #B22772

tetradic

#72B227 #27B2AC #6727B2 #B2272D

square

#72B227 #27B2AC #6727B2 #B2272D

split-complementary

#72B227 #272DB2 #AC27B2

monochromatic

#324E11 #52801C #72B227 #91D541 #AEE073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72B227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72B227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B227

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B227	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.177 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c96d',
    500: '#72b227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b227;
$custom-light: #a0c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.626,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69452,
    "c": 0.17685,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B227

secondary

#976DC8

accent

#41E78D

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B227

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

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