#c9f59f

Color #c9f59f

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Light Green #90ee90 · ΔE 18.44 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9f59f

RGB

rgb(201, 245, 159)

HSL

hsl(90.7, 81.1%, 79.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90.7, 35.1%, 96.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(18%, 0%, 35.1%, 3.9%)

LAB

lab(91.79, -28.65, 36.91)

LCH

lch(91.79, 46.72, 127.82)

OKLCH

oklch(91.9%, 0.1204, 130.49)

HWB

hwb(90.7, 62.4%, 3.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#cb9ff5

Analogous

#f4f59f

#c9f59f

#9ff5a0

Triadic

#c9f59f

#9fc9f5

#f59fc9

Split-complementary

#c9f59f

#a09ff5

#f59ff4

Tetradic

#c9f59f

#9ff5cb

#cb9ff5

#f59fc9

Square

#c9f59f

#9ff4f5

#cb9ff5

#f5a09f

Shades

Color #c9f59f mixed toward black.

#a7ef62

#84e825

#63b713

#427a0d

#213d06

Tints

Color #c9f59f mixed toward white.

#d2f7af

#dbf8bf

#e4facf

#edfcdf

#f6fdef

Tones

Color #c9f59f mixed toward gray.

#c9eea6

#c9e7ad

#c9dfb4

#cad8bc

#cad1c3

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.23:1

Aa Black text on this color

17.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (17.05:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dddeb9 · ΔE 13.1

Deuteranopia

#dbd7be · ΔE 17

Tritanopia

#cccace · ΔE 28.5

Achromatopsia

#e7e7e7 · ΔE 23.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9f59f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9f59f]

Related colors

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Chartreuse #7fff00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9f59f (#c9f59f) is rgb(201, 245, 159) in RGB.

No, #c9f59f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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