#c9e85f

Color #c9e85f

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 14.81 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e85f

RGB

rgb(201, 232, 95)

HSL

hsl(73.6, 74.9%, 64.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(73.6, 59.1%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 9%)

LAB

lab(87.46, -29.28, 61.7)

LCH

lch(87.46, 68.3, 115.39)

OKLCH

oklch(88.2%, 0.1656, 120.64)

HWB

hwb(73.6, 37.3%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7e5fe8

Analogous

#e8c35f

#c9e85f

#84e85f

Triadic

#c9e85f

#5fc9e8

#e85fc9

Split-complementary

#c9e85f

#5f84e8

#c35fe8

Tetradic

#c9e85f

#5fe87e

#7e5fe8

#e85fc9

Square

#c9e85f

#5fe8c3

#7e5fe8

#e85f84

Shades

Color #c9e85f mixed toward black.

#b9e12f

#9abf1b

#738f15

#4d5f0e

#263007

Tints

Color #c9e85f mixed toward white.

#d2ec7a

#dbf094

#e4f4af

#edf7ca

#f6fbe4

Tones

Color #c9e85f mixed toward gray.

#c3dd6a

#bcd176

#b6c681

#b0ba8d

#aaaf98

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.19:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.19:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d791 · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#d5d39a · ΔE 13.1

Tritanopia

#cbacb2 · ΔE 41.3

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 27

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e85f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e85f]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Frequently asked questions

#c9e85f (#c9e85f) is rgb(201, 232, 95) in RGB.

No, #c9e85f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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