#72B42A#72B42A

#72B42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.178 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B42A
RGB	rgb(114, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(89, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(89, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -42.35, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 72.73, 125.61°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.1196 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.178 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6783, 36.3861, 7.9657)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B42A #6C2AB4

analogous

#B4B12A #72B42A #2DB42A

triadic

#72B42A #2A72B4 #B42A72

tetradic

#72B42A #2AB4B1 #6C2AB4 #B42A2D

square

#72B42A #2AB4B1 #6C2AB4 #B42A2D

split-complementary

#72B42A #2A2DB4 #B12AB4

monochromatic

#335113 #53821E #72B42A #91D447 #AEE079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#72B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#72B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B42A

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B42A	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73AC9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.178 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cb6e',
    500: '#72b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b42a;
$custom-light: #a0cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6997,
    "c": 0.17774,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B42A

secondary

#9B72C8

accent

#43E590

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1308

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B42A

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

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