#87CD42#87CD42

#87CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.183 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CD42
RGB	rgb(135, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(90, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -44.01, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 74.09, 126.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.1237 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.183 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8059, 49.2056, 12.9223)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CD42 #8842CD

analogous

#CCCD42 #87CD42 #42CD42

triadic

#87CD42 #4287CD #CD4287

tetradic

#87CD42 #42CCCD #8842CD #CD4242

square

#87CD42 #42CCCD #8842CD #CD4242

split-complementary

#87CD42 #4242CD #CD42CC

monochromatic

#4A761F #68A62C #87CD42 #A6DA72 #C4E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#87CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#87CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CD42

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CD42	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.183 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdc7e',
    500: '#87cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87cd42;
$custom-light: #afdc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.216,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.18347,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CD42

secondary

#B697D3

accent

#46E194

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CD42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →