#72B231#72B231

#72B231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.171 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B231
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(90, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(90, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -41.06, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 69.56, 126.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.1156 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.171 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4139, 35.6390, 8.5505)
Luminance	0.3564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B231 #7131B2

analogous

#B2B131 #72B231 #32B231

triadic

#72B231 #3172B2 #B23172

tetradic

#72B231 #31B2B1 #7131B2 #B23132

square

#72B231 #31B2B1 #7131B2 #B23132

split-complementary

#72B231 #3132B2 #B131B2

monochromatic

#355217 #538224 #72B231 #91CF51 #AFDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#72B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B231

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B231	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.171 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc971',
    500: '#72b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b231;
$custom-light: #9fc971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.767,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69518,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B231

secondary

#9F79C5

accent

#48E093

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B231

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

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