#87CA59#87CA59

#87CA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.161 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CA59
RGB	rgb(135, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(96, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, -40.67, 49.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 63.70, 129.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1128 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.161 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9147, 48.1119, 17.0015)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CA59 #9C59CA

analogous

#C0CA59 #87CA59 #59CA64

triadic

#87CA59 #5987CA #CA5987

tetradic

#87CA59 #59C0CA #9C59CA #CA6459

square

#87CA59 #59C0CA #9C59CA #CA6459

split-complementary

#87CA59 #6459CA #CA59C0

monochromatic

#4C8029 #68AE38 #87CA59 #A9D987 #CAE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#87CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#87CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CA59

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CA59	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.161 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adda8b',
    500: '#87ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ca59;
$custom-light: #adda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.575,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76971,
    "c": 0.16147,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CA59

secondary

#C4A8D6

accent

#4DDBA1

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CA59

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

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