#87BD59#87BD59

#87BD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.143 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BD59
RGB	rgb(135, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(92, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -34.83, 44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 56.51, 128.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.0967 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.143 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9920, 42.2664, 16.0273)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BD59 #8F59BD

analogous

#B9BD59 #87BD59 #59BD5D

triadic

#87BD59 #5987BD #BD5987

tetradic

#87BD59 #59B9BD #8F59BD #BD5D59

square

#87BD59 #59B9BD #8F59BD #BD5D59

split-complementary

#87BD59 #5D59BD #BD59B9

monochromatic

#4B6F2C #699B3E #87BD59 #A7CE85 #C6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#87BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#87BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BD59

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BD59	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.143 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#add18a',
    500: '#87bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87bd59;
$custom-light: #add18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73851,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BD59

secondary

#BBA4CE

accent

#55D399

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F4F9F0

border

#CED2CB

text

#10140C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BD59

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

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