#72B23B#72B23B

#72B23B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.164 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B23B
RGBrgb(114, 178, 59)
HSLhsl(92, 50%, 46%)
HSVhsv(92, 67%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(36%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(66.32, -40.33, 52.33)
CIE-LCHlch(66.32, 66.07, 127.62°)
OKLaboklab(69.6% -0.1129 0.1196)
OKLCHoklch(69.6% 0.164 133.3)
XYZxyz(23.6489, 35.7330, 9.7879)
Luminance0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B23B #7B3BB2
analogous
#AEB23B #72B23B #3BB240
triadic
#72B23B #3B72B2 #B23B72
tetradic
#72B23B #3BAEB2 #7B3BB2 #B2403B
square
#72B23B #3BAEB2 #7B3BB2 #B2403B
split-complementary
#72B23B #403BB2 #B23BAE
monochromatic
#37561D #55842C #72B23B #91CA60 #B1DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58
#72B23B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15
#72B23B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B23B
8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B23B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B23B1.002.588.158.15
#FFFFFF2.581.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1521.001.001.00
##0000008.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A42B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09F45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#72AB9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.164 133.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fc977',
    500: '#72b23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b23b;
$custom-light: #9fc977;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.269,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.696,
    "c": 0.16448,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B23B
secondary
#A785C4
accent
#4EDA99
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8ED
border
#CED1C8
text
#0F1309
muted
#7F827B

Preview Lab

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#72B23B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva