#87CB59#87CB59

#87CB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CB59
RGB	rgb(135, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(96, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.5%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -41.11, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 64.24, 129.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.114 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.163 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1501, 48.5827, 17.0800)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CB59 #9D59CB

analogous

#C0CB59 #87CB59 #59CB64

triadic

#87CB59 #5987CB #CB5987

tetradic

#87CB59 #59C0CB #9D59CB #CB6459

square

#87CB59 #59C0CB #9D59CB #CB6459

split-complementary

#87CB59 #6459CB #CB59C0

monochromatic

#4C8128 #68B037 #87CB59 #A9DA88 #CAE8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#87CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#87CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CB59

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CB59	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedb8b',
    500: '#87cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cb59;
$custom-light: #aedb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.789,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.16285,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CB59

secondary

#C4A9D7

accent

#4CDCA2

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CB59

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

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