#87AE23#87AE23

#87AE23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.163 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE23
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(77, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(77, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.17, -31.99, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.17, 69.00, 117.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% -0.0933 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.163 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4313, 35.5441, 7.1106)
Luminance	0.3554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE23 #4A23AE

analogous

#AE8F23 #87AE23 #41AE23

triadic

#87AE23 #2387AE #AE2387

tetradic

#87AE23 #23AE8F #4A23AE #AE2341

square

#87AE23 #23AE8F #4A23AE #AE2341

split-complementary

#87AE23 #2341AE #8F23AE

monochromatic

#38480F #5F7B19 #87AE23 #AAD737 #C0E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#87AE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE23

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE23	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)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.163 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66b',
    500: '#87ae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae23;
$custom-light: #aec66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.835,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69753,
    "c": 0.16331,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE23

secondary

#8166C7

accent

#3EE96E

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE23

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

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