#87BC59#87BC59

#87BC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.142 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BC59
RGB	rgb(135, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(92, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -34.37, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 55.95, 127.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.0954 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.142 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7776, 41.8377, 15.9558)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BC59 #8E59BC

analogous

#B9BC59 #87BC59 #59BC5D

triadic

#87BC59 #5987BC #BC5987

tetradic

#87BC59 #59B9BC #8E59BC #BC5D59

square

#87BC59 #59B9BC #8E59BC #BC5D59

split-complementary

#87BC59 #5D59BC #BC59B9

monochromatic

#4B6E2C #699A3E #87BC59 #A7CE85 #C6DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#87BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#87BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BC59

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BC59	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.142 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acd08a',
    500: '#87bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bc59;
$custom-light: #acd08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.121,
    "s": 42.489,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73612,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BC59

secondary

#BAA3CD

accent

#56D298

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9F0

border

#CED2CB

text

#10140C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BC59

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

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