#72B538#72B538

#72B538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.170 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72B538
RGB	rgb(114, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(92, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(92, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(37%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -41.86, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 68.70, 127.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.1173 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.17 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1767, 36.9096, 9.5910)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72B538 #7B38B5

analogous

#B1B538 #72B538 #38B53D

triadic

#72B538 #3872B5 #B53872

tetradic

#72B538 #38B1B5 #7B38B5 #B53D38

square

#72B538 #38B1B5 #7B38B5 #B53D38

split-complementary

#72B538 #3D38B5 #B538B1

monochromatic

#37581B #55862A #72B538 #91CD5D #B1DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#72B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#72B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72B538

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72B538	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72AE9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.170 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcb76',
    500: '#72b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72b538;
$custom-light: #9fcb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.16,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70322,
    "c": 0.17049,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72B538

secondary

#A783C6

accent

#4CDC99

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F4F8ED

border

#CED1C8

text

#0F1309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #72B538

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

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