#87AE2B#87AE2B

#87AE2B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.159 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE2B
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -31.61, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 66.62, 118.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0917 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.159 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5640, 35.5971, 7.8091)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE2B #522BAE

analogous

#AE942B #87AE2B #45AE2B

triadic

#87AE2B #2B87AE #AE2B87

tetradic

#87AE2B #2BAE94 #522BAE #AE2B45

square

#87AE2B #2BAE94 #522BAE #AE2B45

split-complementary

#87AE2B #2B45AE #942BAE

monochromatic

#3B4C13 #617D1F #87AE2B #A7D145 #BFDD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#87AE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#87AE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE2B

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE2B	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)

#B8A20D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.159 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec66e',
    500: '#87ae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae2b;
$custom-light: #aec66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.863,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69799,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE2B

secondary

#8970C5

accent

#44E474

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE2B

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

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