#87CE42#87CE42

#87CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.185 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CE42
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(90, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -44.43, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 74.60, 126.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.1248 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.185 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0459, 49.6855, 13.0023)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CE42 #8942CE

analogous

#CDCE42 #87CE42 #42CE43

triadic

#87CE42 #4287CE #CE4287

tetradic

#87CE42 #42CDCE #8942CE #CE4342

square

#87CE42 #42CDCE #8942CE #CE4342

split-complementary

#87CE42 #4342CE #CE42CD

monochromatic

#4A771F #69A72B #87CE42 #A6DB73 #C5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#87CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#87CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CE42

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CE42	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88C6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.185 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afdd7e',
    500: '#87ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ce42;
$custom-light: #afdd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77703,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CE42

secondary

#B698D4

accent

#46E295

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CE42

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

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