#72B238#72B238

#72B238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.167 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B238
RGB	rgb(114, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(91, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(91, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -40.56, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 67.16, 127.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.1138 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.167 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5733, 35.7027, 9.3899)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B238 #7838B2

analogous

#AFB238 #72B238 #38B23B

triadic

#72B238 #3872B2 #B23872

tetradic

#72B238 #38AFB2 #7838B2 #B23B38

square

#72B238 #38AFB2 #7838B2 #B23B38

split-complementary

#72B238 #3B38B2 #B238AF

monochromatic

#36551B #548329 #72B238 #91CC5C #B0DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#72B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#72B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B238

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B238	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.167 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc975',
    500: '#72b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b238;
$custom-light: #9fc975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.475,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.16661,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B238

secondary

#A581C5

accent

#4CDC97

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B238

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

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