#87CA42#87CA42

#87CA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.180 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CA42
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(90, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -42.72, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 72.58, 126.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1202 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.18 132)
XYZ	xyz(32.0952, 47.7841, 12.6854)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CA42 #8542CA

analogous

#CAC942 #87CA42 #43CA42

triadic

#87CA42 #4287CA #CA4287

tetradic

#87CA42 #42CAC9 #8542CA #CA4243

square

#87CA42 #42CAC9 #8542CA #CA4243

split-complementary

#87CA42 #4243CA #C942CA

monochromatic

#497220 #68A22D #87CA42 #A5D772 #C4E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#87CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#87CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CA42

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CA42	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.180 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeda7d',
    500: '#87ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ca42;
$custom-light: #aeda7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.559,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.17966,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.47785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CA42

secondary

#B396D1

accent

#48DF93

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CA42

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

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