#c9ce81

Color #c9ce81

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 8.87 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 10.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9ce81

RGB

rgb(201, 206, 129)

HSL

hsl(63.9, 44%, 65.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63.9, 37.4%, 80.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 0%, 37.4%, 19.2%)

LAB

lab(80.82, -13.37, 37.74)

LCH

lch(80.82, 40.04, 109.51)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.0993, 111.56)

HWB

hwb(63.9, 50.6%, 19.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8681ce

Analogous

#cead81

#c9ce81

#a3ce81

Triadic

#c9ce81

#81c9ce

#ce81c9

Split-complementary

#c9ce81

#81a3ce

#ad81ce

Tetradic

#c9ce81

#81ce86

#8681ce

#ce81c9

Square

#c9ce81

#81cead

#8681ce

#ce81a3

Shades

Color #c9ce81 mixed toward black.

#b8be59

#9aa13f

#74792f

#4d501f

#272810

Tints

Color #c9ce81 mixed toward white.

#d2d696

#dbdeab

#e4e7c0

#edefd5

#f6f7ea

Tones

Color #c9ce81 mixed toward gray.

#c3c887

#bec18e

#b8bb94

#b3b49b

#adaea1

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.63:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.63:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cbcb98 · ΔE 5.3

Deuteranopia

#cbcb9d · ΔE 6.5

Tritanopia

#c9a8ab · ΔE 32.3

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 21.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9ce81;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9ce81]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9ce81 (#c9ce81) is rgb(201, 206, 129) in RGB.

No, #c9ce81 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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