#87AD2B#87AD2B

#87AD2B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.158 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AD2B
RGB	rgb(135, 173, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 75.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -31.14, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 66.15, 118.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0904 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.158 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3715, 35.2122, 7.7450)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AD2B #512BAD

analogous

#AD922B #87AD2B #46AD2B

triadic

#87AD2B #2B87AD #AD2B87

tetradic

#87AD2B #2BAD92 #512BAD #AD2B46

square

#87AD2B #2BAD92 #512BAD #AD2B46

split-complementary

#87AD2B #2B46AD #922BAD

monochromatic

#3B4B13 #617C1F #87AD2B #A8D145 #BFDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#87AD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#87AD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AD2B

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AD2B	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A10E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ad2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 173, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.158 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec56e',
    500: '#87ad2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ad2b;
$custom-light: #aec56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ad2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.538,
    "s": 60.185,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69558,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AD2B

secondary

#886FC4

accent

#44E373

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AD2B

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

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