#87C242#87C242

#87C242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.169 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87C242
RGB	rgb(135, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(88, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -39.22, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 68.51, 124.92°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1106 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.169 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2666, 44.1269, 12.0759)
Luminance	0.4413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87C242 #7D42C2

analogous

#C2BD42 #87C242 #47C242

triadic

#87C242 #4287C2 #C24287

tetradic

#87C242 #42C2BD #7D42C2 #C24247

square

#87C242 #42C2BD #7D42C2 #C24247

split-complementary

#87C242 #4247C2 #BD42C2

monochromatic

#486822 #679631 #87C242 #A4D170 #C2E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#87C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#87C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87C242

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87C242	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ABAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.169 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aed47d',
    500: '#87c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87c242;
$custom-light: #aed47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.656,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74802,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87C242

secondary

#AE94CC

accent

#4DDB8E

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #87C242

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

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