#72B22D#72B22D

#72B22D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.174 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B22D
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(89, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -41.31, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 70.85, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1166 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.174 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3332, 35.6067, 8.1255)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B22D #6D2DB2

analogous

#B2AF2D #72B22D #30B22D

triadic

#72B22D #2D72B2 #B22D72

tetradic

#72B22D #2DB2AF #6D2DB2 #B22D30

square

#72B22D #2DB2AF #6D2DB2 #B22D30

split-complementary

#72B22D #2D30B2 #AF2DB2

monochromatic

#335014 #538121 #72B22D #91D14B #AFDE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#72B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#72B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B22D

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B22D	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)

#BAA411

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.174 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c96f',
    500: '#72b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b22d;
$custom-light: #a0c96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.872,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69489,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B22D

secondary

#9C75C6

accent

#45E391

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B22D

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

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