#87CE51#87CE51

#87CE51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.174 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CE51
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(94, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(94, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -43.19, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 69.05, 128.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1203 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.174 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5476, 49.8862, 15.6444)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CE51 #9851CE

analogous

#C6CE51 #87CE51 #51CE5A

triadic

#87CE51 #5187CE #CE5187

tetradic

#87CE51 #51C6CE #9851CE #CE5A51

square

#87CE51 #51C6CE #9851CE #CE5A51

split-complementary

#87CE51 #5A51CE #CE51C6

monochromatic

#4C8024 #68B032 #87CE51 #A8DB81 #C9E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#87CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#87CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CE51

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CE51	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.174 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedd86',
    500: '#87ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ce51;
$custom-light: #aedd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.08,
    "s": 56.054,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77844,
    "c": 0.17362,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CE51

secondary

#C1A4D7

accent

#48DF9E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CE51

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

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