#72B42F#72B42F

#72B42F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.175 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#72B42F
RGBrgb(114, 180, 47)
HSLhsl(90, 59%, 45%)
HSVhsv(90, 74%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(36.7%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.84, -42.05, 57.47)
CIE-LCHlch(66.84, 71.21, 126.19°)
OKLaboklab(70% -0.1185 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(70% 0.175 132.6)
XYZxyz(23.7735, 36.4241, 8.4667)
Luminance0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#72B42F #712FB4
analogous
#B4B32F #72B42F #30B42F
triadic
#72B42F #2F72B4 #B42F72
tetradic
#72B42F #2FB4B3 #712FB4 #B42F30
square
#72B42F #2FB4B3 #712FB4 #B42F30
split-complementary
#72B42F #2F30B4 #B32FB4
monochromatic
#355316 #538322 #72B42F #91D14F #AFDE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#72B42F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29
#72B42F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B42F
8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##72B42F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##72B42F1.002.538.298.29
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2921.001.001.00
##0000008.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCA615
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A13C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#73AD9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #72b42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.175 132.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0cb71',
    500: '#72b42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #72b42f;
$custom-light: #a0cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#72b42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.774,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#72B42F
secondary
#9F78C7
accent
#46E293
background
#FAFCF7
surface
#F4F8ED
border
#CED1C8
text
#0F1308
muted
#7F827B

Preview Lab

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#72B42F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva