#c5e109

Color #c5e109

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 19.42 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#c5e109

RGB

rgb(197, 225, 9)

HSL

hsl(67.8, 92.3%, 45.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.8, 96%, 88.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 96%, 11.8%)

LAB

lab(84.86, -31.13, 82.73)

LCH

lch(84.86, 88.39, 110.62)

OKLCH

oklch(85.9%, 0.1996, 118.45)

HWB

hwb(67.8, 3.5%, 11.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2509e1

Analogous

#e19109

#c5e109

#59e109

Triadic

#c5e109

#09c5e1

#e109c5

Split-complementary

#c5e109

#0959e1

#9109e1

Tetradic

#c5e109

#09e125

#2509e1

#e109c5

Square

#c5e109

#09e191

#2509e1

#e10959

Shades

Color #c5e109 mixed toward black.

#a4bc08

#839606

#627105

#424b03

#212602

Tints

Color #c5e109 mixed toward white.

#dbf622

#e2f84e

#e9fa7a

#f0fba7

#f8fdd3

Tones

Color #c5e109 mixed toward gray.

#b8cf1b

#aabd2d

#9dab3f

#909951

#828763

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.15:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d277 · ΔE 10.8

Deuteranopia

#d0ce83 · ΔE 13.3

Tritanopia

#c79ba2 · ΔE 47.8

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 29.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c5e109;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c5e109]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c5e109 (#c5e109) is rgb(197, 225, 9) in RGB.

No, #c5e109 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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