#87AE2A#87AE2A

#87AE2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.160 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE2A
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(78, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(78, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -31.66, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 66.94, 118.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0919 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.16 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5459, 35.5899, 7.7137)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE2A #512AAE

analogous

#AE932A #87AE2A #45AE2A

triadic

#87AE2A #2A87AE #AE2A87

tetradic

#87AE2A #2AAE93 #512AAE #AE2A45

square

#87AE2A #2AAE93 #512AAE #AE2A45

split-complementary

#87AE2A #2A45AE #932AAE

monochromatic

#3B4B12 #617D1E #87AE2A #A8D243 #BFDE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#87AE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE2A

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE2A	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)

#B8A20A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.160 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66e',
    500: '#87ae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae2a;
$custom-light: #aec66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69792,
    "c": 0.15972,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE2A

secondary

#886FC5

accent

#44E473

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE2A

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

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