#72A607

sRGB: 114 / 166 / 7

#72A607 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 114 red, 166 green and 7 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 79.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 91.9% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 33.9% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (7.17:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 114, 166, 7
HSL: 79.62°, 91.91%, 33.92%
HSV / HSB: 79.62°, 95.78%, 65.10%
CMYK (approx.): 31.33%, 0.00%, 95.78%, 34.90%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 20.613, 30.865, 5.072
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 62.393, -37.496, 63.202
WCAG relative luminance: 0.30865
24-bit decimal: 7513607

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #72A607 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 7.17:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 2.93:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#3B07A6 sits half a turn (180°) from #72A607 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#72A607 #3B07A6

Analogous

#A68A07 and #23A607 sit 30° to either side of #72A607. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#A68A07 #72A607 #23A607

Triadic

#72A607, #0772A6 and #A60772 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#72A607 #0772A6 #A60772

Split complementary

Start at #72A607 and look across the wheel. #0723A6 and #8B07A6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#72A607 #0723A6 #8B07A6

Square

Starting with #72A607, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #07A68B, #3B07A6, then #A60723. Across the square, #72A607 pairs with #3B07A6, and #07A68B with #A60723.

#72A607 #07A68B #3B07A6 #A60723

Tetradic

#72A607 and #3B07A6 are opposites, as are #07A63B and #A60772. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#72A607 #07A63B #3B07A6 #A60772

Tints

Mixing #72A607 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #8EB839, keeps 80% of the original. By #E3EDCD, the mixture is 80% white.

#72A607 #8EB839 #AACA6A #C7DB9C #E3EDCD #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #72A607 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5B8506, keeps 80% of the original. By #172101, the mixture is 80% black.

#72A607 #5B8506 #446404 #2E4203 #172101 #000000

Tones

Mixing #72A607 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #759E1F, keeps 80% of the original. By #7D8868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#72A607 #759E1F #789737 #7A8F50 #7D8868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#72A607

RGB

rgb(114 166 7)

HSL

hsl(79.623 91.908% 33.922%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #72A607;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#72A607 uses 114 red, 166 green and 7 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 44.7%

Green 65.1%

Blue 2.7%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #72A607 is 31.3% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 95.8% yellow and 34.9% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 31.3%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 95.8%

Black 34.9%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #77AA00. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #7A0 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #72A607 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #669900, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #77AA00 Nearest web-safe: #669900

Gradient to complement

#72A607 #698C22 #60713C #575757 #4D3C71 #44228C #3B07A6

Color vision previews

Compare how #72A607 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#AF9900

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#A89623

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#769E8D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9D9D00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9A9B1B

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#76A358

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#979797

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#869F6E

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.16827 G 0.38133 B 0.00212

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.49132 G 0.64549 B 0.19778

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.20610 G 0.37425 B 0.03242

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.365 y 0.546 Y 30.865

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 55.294 M % 34.902 Y % 97.255

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

01110010 10100110 00000111