#72B22E#72B22E

#72B22E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.173 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B22E
RGBrgb(114, 178, 46)
HSLhsl(89, 59%, 44%)
HSVhsv(89, 74%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.22, -41.25, 57.21)
CIE-LCHlch(66.22, 70.53, 125.79°)
OKLaboklab(69.5% -0.1164 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(69.5% 0.173 132.3)
XYZxyz(23.3527, 35.6145, 8.2281)
Luminance0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B22E #6E2EB2
analogous
#B2B02E #72B22E #30B22E
triadic
#72B22E #2E72B2 #B22E72
tetradic
#72B22E #2EB2B0 #6E2EB2 #B22E30
square
#72B22E #2EB2B0 #6E2EB2 #B22E30
split-complementary
#72B22E #2E30B2 #B02EB2
monochromatic
#345115 #538121 #72B22E #91D14C #AFDD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59
#72B22E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12
#72B22E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B22E
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B22E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B22E1.002.598.128.12
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1221.001.001.00
##0000008.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA413
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19F3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#73AB99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.173 132.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0c970',
    500: '#72b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b22e;
$custom-light: #a0c970;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69496,
    "c": 0.17303,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B22E
secondary
#9D76C6
accent
#46E292
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8ED
border
#CED1C8
text
#0F1308
muted
#7F827B

Preview Lab

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#72B22E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva