#87AE28#87AE28

#87AE28 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 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE28
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(77, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(77, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -31.76, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 67.55, 118.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0923 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.161 125)
XYZ	xyz(25.5110, 35.5759, 7.5299)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE28 #4F28AE

analogous

#AE9228 #87AE28 #44AE28

triadic

#87AE28 #2887AE #AE2887

tetradic

#87AE28 #28AE92 #4F28AE #AE2844

square

#87AE28 #28AE92 #4F28AE #AE2844

split-complementary

#87AE28 #2844AE #9228AE

monochromatic

#3A4A11 #607C1D #87AE28 #A8D340 #BFDF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#87AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE28

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE28	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.161 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66d',
    500: '#87ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae28;
$custom-light: #aec66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.463,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.35576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE28

secondary

#866CC6

accent

#42E672

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE28

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

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