#c9d355

Color #c9d355

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 20.02 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d355

RGB

rgb(201, 211, 85)

HSL

hsl(64.8, 58.9%, 58%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(64.8, 59.7%, 82.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 17.3%)

LAB

lab(81.65, -19.95, 59.58)

LCH

lch(81.65, 62.83, 108.51)

OKLCH

oklch(83.5%, 0.149, 113.42)

HWB

hwb(64.8, 33.3%, 17.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f55d3

Analogous

#d39e55

#c9d355

#8ad355

Triadic

#c9d355

#55c9d3

#d355c9

Split-complementary

#c9d355

#558ad3

#9e55d3

Tetradic

#c9d355

#55d35f

#5f55d3

#d355c9

Square

#c9d355

#55d39e

#5f55d3

#d3558a

Shades

Color #c9d355 mixed toward black.

#b8c433

#939d29

#6f761e

#4a4e14

#25270a

Tints

Color #c9d355 mixed toward white.

#d2da71

#dbe28e

#e4e9aa

#edf0c6

#f6f8e3

Tones

Color #c9d355 mixed toward gray.

#c0c85f

#b7be6a

#aeb374

#a6a97f

#9d9e89

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.93:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.93:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd83 · ΔE 7.5

Deuteranopia

#cdcc8b · ΔE 9.2

Tritanopia

#ca9ca1 · ΔE 41.2

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 26.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d355;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d355]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9d355 (#c9d355) is rgb(201, 211, 85) in RGB.

No, #c9d355 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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