#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
RGBrgb(114, 178, 39)
HSLhsl(88, 64%, 43%)
HSVhsv(88, 78%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.19, -41.65, 59.50)
CIE-LCHlch(66.19, 72.63, 124.99°)
OKLaboklab(69.45% -0.118 0.1318)
OKLCHoklch(69.45% 0.177 131.8)
XYZxyz(23.2258, 35.5637, 7.5598)
Luminance0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##72B2271.002.598.118.11
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1121.001.001.00
##0000008.1121.001.001.00

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

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#72B227 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva