#87BE38#87BE38

#87BE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.171 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87BE38
RGB	rgb(135, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(85, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -38.16, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 70.07, 122.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1085 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.171 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1188, 42.2625, 10.3639)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87BE38 #6F38BE

analogous

#BEB238 #87BE38 #44BE38

triadic

#87BE38 #3887BE #BE3887

tetradic

#87BE38 #38BEB2 #6F38BE #BE3844

square

#87BE38 #38BEB2 #6F38BE #BE3844

split-complementary

#87BE38 #3844BE #B238BE

monochromatic

#445F1C #658F2A #87BE38 #A3D162 #BFDF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#87BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#87BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87BE38

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87BE38	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)

#C7B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BB6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.171 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed277',
    500: '#87be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87be38;
$custom-light: #aed277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.627,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73753,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87BE38

secondary

#A388CA

accent

#4ADE87

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #87BE38

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

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