#72B22A#72B22A

#72B22A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.175 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B22A
RGBrgb(114, 178, 42)
HSLhsl(88, 62%, 43%)
HSVhsv(88, 76%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.20, -41.49, 58.55)
CIE-LCHlch(66.20, 71.76, 125.32°)
OKLaboklab(69.47% -0.1173 0.1302)
OKLCHoklch(69.47% 0.175 132)
XYZxyz(23.2775, 35.5844, 7.8320)
Luminance0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B22A #6A2AB2
analogous
#B2AE2A #72B22A #2EB22A
triadic
#72B22A #2A72B2 #B22A72
tetradic
#72B22A #2AB2AE #6A2AB2 #B22A2E
square
#72B22A #2AB2AE #6A2AB2 #B22A2E
split-complementary
#72B22A #2A2EB2 #AE2AB2
monochromatic
#334F13 #52801E #72B22A #91D346 #AEDF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#72B22A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12
#72B22A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B22A
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B22A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B22A1.002.598.128.12
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA408
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F38
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#73AB98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.175 132.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c96e',
    500: '#72b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b22a;
$custom-light: #a0c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.17527,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.35585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B22A
secondary
#9971C7
accent
#43E58F
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8ED
border
#CED1C8
text
#0F1308
muted
#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B22A

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#72B22A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva