#87B231#87B231

#87B231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.161 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87B231
RGB	rgb(135, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(80, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(80, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -33.14, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 66.57, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0954 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.161 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4666, 37.2130, 8.6936)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87B231 #5C31B2

analogous

#B29D31 #87B231 #47B231

triadic

#87B231 #3187B2 #B23187

tetradic

#87B231 #31B29D #5C31B2 #B23147

square

#87B231 #31B29D #5C31B2 #B23147

split-complementary

#87B231 #3147B2 #9D31B2

monochromatic

#3E5217 #638224 #87B231 #A5CF51 #BEDC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#87B231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#87B231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87B231

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87B231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87B231	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DAA99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87b231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.161 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aec972',
    500: '#87b231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87b231;
$custom-light: #aec972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87b231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70803,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87B231

secondary

#9379C5

accent

#48E07B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87B231

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

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