#87AE38#87AE38

#87AE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.151 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE38
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(80, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -30.81, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 62.09, 119.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0884 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.151 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8416, 35.7082, 9.2715)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE38 #5F38AE

analogous

#AE9A38 #87AE38 #4CAE38

triadic

#87AE38 #3887AE #AE3887

tetradic

#87AE38 #38AE9A #5F38AE #AE384C

square

#87AE38 #38AE9A #5F38AE #AE384C

split-complementary

#87AE38 #384CAE #9A38AE

monochromatic

#3F511A #638029 #87AE38 #A5CA59 #BED988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#87AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#87AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE38

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE38	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DA696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.151 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc675',
    500: '#87ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae38;
$custom-light: #adc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.831,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE38

secondary

#957FC3

accent

#4DDB7C

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8ED

border

#CFD1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE38

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

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