#87AE27#87AE27

#87AE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.161 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE27
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(77, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(77, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -31.81, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 67.85, 117.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0925 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.161 125)
XYZ	xyz(25.4942, 35.5692, 7.4415)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE27 #4E27AE

analogous

#AE9227 #87AE27 #44AE27

triadic

#87AE27 #2787AE #AE2787

tetradic

#87AE27 #27AE92 #4E27AE #AE2744

square

#87AE27 #27AE92 #4E27AE #AE2744

split-complementary

#87AE27 #2744AE #9227AE

monochromatic

#394A11 #607C1C #87AE27 #A9D43E #BFDF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#87AE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE27

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE27	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)

#B3A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.161 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66c',
    500: '#87ae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae27;
$custom-light: #aec66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69774,
    "c": 0.16133,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.35569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE27

secondary

#856BC6

accent

#41E671

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE27

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

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