#72BA49#72BA49

#72BA49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.164 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BA49
RGB	rgb(114, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(98, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(98, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -42.53, 49.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 64.97, 130.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1178 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.164 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.7003, 39.1750, 12.5094)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BA49 #9149BA

analogous

#AABA49 #72BA49 #49BA58

triadic

#72BA49 #4972BA #BA4972

tetradic

#72BA49 #49AABA #9149BA #BA5849

square

#72BA49 #49AABA #9149BA #BA5849

split-complementary

#72BA49 #5849BA #BA49AA

monochromatic

#3C6326 #578F36 #72BA49 #94CB75 #B7DCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#72BA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#72BA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BA49

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BA49	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70B4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72ba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.164 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fcf80',
    500: '#72ba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72ba49;
$custom-light: #9fcf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72ba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.23,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71731,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BA49

secondary

#B696C8

accent

#53D5A6

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9EF

border

#CED2CA

text

#0F140A

muted

#7F827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BA49

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

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