#87AE21#87AE21

#87AE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.164 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE21
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(77, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(77, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -32.07, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 69.53, 117.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0937 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.164 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4025, 35.5325, 6.9587)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE21 #4821AE

analogous

#AE8E21 #87AE21 #40AE21

triadic

#87AE21 #2187AE #AE2187

tetradic

#87AE21 #21AE8E #4821AE #AE2140

square

#87AE21 #21AE8E #4821AE #AE2140

split-complementary

#87AE21 #2140AE #8E21AE

monochromatic

#37470D #5F7B17 #87AE21 #ABD834 #C0E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#87AE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE21

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE21	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.164 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66a',
    500: '#87ae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae21;
$custom-light: #aec66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.596,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.16423,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE21

secondary

#7F63C8

accent

#3DEB6D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE21

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

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