#87CE59#87CE59

#87CE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.167 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87CE59
RGB	rgb(135, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(96, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -42.42, 50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 65.87, 130.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.1176 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.167 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8654, 50.0133, 17.3184)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87CE59 #A059CE

analogous

#C2CE59 #87CE59 #59CE65

triadic

#87CE59 #5987CE #CE5987

tetradic

#87CE59 #59C2CE #A059CE #CE6559

square

#87CE59 #59C2CE #A059CE #CE6559

split-complementary

#87CE59 #6559CE #CE59C2

monochromatic

#4C8527 #67B535 #87CE59 #A9DC88 #CBEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#87CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#87CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #87CE59

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87CE59	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86C7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.167 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aedd8b',
    500: '#87ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87ce59;
$custom-light: #aedd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.41,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77933,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87CE59

secondary

#6E3F8C

accent

#4ADEA4

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87CE59

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

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