#72B229#72B229

#72B229 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.176 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B229
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(88, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(88, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -41.55, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 72.05, 125.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.1175 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.176 132)
XYZ	xyz(23.2598, 35.5773, 7.7390)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B229 #6929B2

analogous

#B2AD29 #72B229 #2EB229

triadic

#72B229 #2972B2 #B22972

tetradic

#72B229 #29B2AD #6929B2 #B2292E

square

#72B229 #29B2AD #6929B2 #B2292E

split-complementary

#72B229 #292EB2 #AD29B2

monochromatic

#324F12 #52801E #72B229 #91D444 #AEDF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72B229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72B229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B229

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B229	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA404

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74AA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.176 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c96e',
    500: '#72b229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b229;
$custom-light: #a0c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.029,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.35578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B229

secondary

#9970C7

accent

#42E68F

background

#FAFCF6

surface

#F4F8EC

border

#CED1C7

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B229

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

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