#72B228#72B228

#72B228 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.176 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B228
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 40)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(88, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -41.60, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 72.34, 125.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.1178 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.176 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2426, 35.5704, 7.6482)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B228 #6828B2

analogous

#B2AD28 #72B228 #2DB228

triadic

#72B228 #2872B2 #B22872

tetradic

#72B228 #28B2AD #6828B2 #B2282D

square

#72B228 #28B2AD #6828B2 #B2282D

split-complementary

#72B228 #282DB2 #AD28B2

monochromatic

#324E12 #52801D #72B228 #91D543 #AEE075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72B228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#72B228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B228

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B228	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)

#BAA401

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.176 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c96d',
    500: '#72b228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b228;
$custom-light: #a0c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.826,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69458,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B228

secondary

#986FC7

accent

#41E68E

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B228

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

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