#87D147 is a mid-toned, temperate green. On the Color Lab it reads bold and ownable. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #87D147 works with other colors. Named schemes with #87D147 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Yellow Green as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Yellow Green leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Yellow Green glows at the center of this sunset palette, joined by coral and gold, deepened by a plum anchor and cooled with cream.
Yellow Green sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Yellow Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Yellow Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #87D147 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #87D147 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #87D147;
--color-base-rgb: 135 209 71;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(78.5% 0.185 133.3);
--color-50: #F7FCF2;
--color-100: #EAF8DE;
--color-200: #D5EFBE;
--color-300: #B5DE91;
--color-400: #96CB67;
--color-500: #77AF46;
--color-600: #5E863C;
--color-700: #46602F;
--color-800: #2F3F22;
--color-900: #1E2716;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
yellow-green: {
50: '#F7FCF2',
100: '#EAF8DE',
200: '#D5EFBE',
300: '#B5DE91',
400: '#96CB67',
500: '#77AF46',
600: '#5E863C',
700: '#46602F',
800: '#2F3F22',
900: '#1E2716',
},
}
$base: #87D147; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7FCF2; $base-100: #EAF8DE; $base-200: #D5EFBE; $base-300: #B5DE91; $base-400: #96CB67; $base-500: #77AF46; $base-600: #5E863C; $base-700: #46602F; $base-800: #2F3F22; $base-900: #1E2716; $base-hover: #6CB42D; $base-subtle: #DCECCD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#87D147",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7FCF2",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#EAF8DE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D5EFBE",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B5DE91",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#96CB67",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#77AF46",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5E863C",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#46602F",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2F3F22",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1E2716",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}