#87AE40#87AE40

#87AE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.145 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87AE40
RGB	rgb(135, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -30.21, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 58.95, 120.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.086 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.145 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0532, 35.7928, 10.3856)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87AE40 #6740AE

analogous

#AE9E40 #87AE40 #50AE40

triadic

#87AE40 #4087AE #AE4087

tetradic

#87AE40 #40AE9E #6740AE #AE4050

square

#87AE40 #40AE9E #6740AE #AE4050

split-complementary

#87AE40 #4050AE #9E40AE

monochromatic

#42551F #648130 #87AE40 #A4C665 #BED792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#87AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#87AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87AE40

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87AE40	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CA697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.145 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adc67a',
    500: '#87ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ae40;
$custom-light: #adc67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87AE40

secondary

#9C88C2

accent

#52D681

background

#FAFCF7

surface

#F5F8EE

border

#CFD1C9

text

#101309

muted

#7F827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87AE40

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

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