#c9cfa5

Color #c9cfa5

A muted light yellow.

Closest named color Wheat #f5deb3 · ΔE 13.62 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 10

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Conversions

HEX

#c9cfa5

RGB

rgb(201, 207, 165)

HSL

hsl(68.6, 30.4%, 72.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.6, 20.3%, 81.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 20.3%, 18.8%)

LAB

lab(81.71, -9.12, 20.24)

LCH

lch(81.71, 22.2, 114.26)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0567, 114.26)

HWB

hwb(68.6, 64.7%, 18.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#aba5cf

Analogous

#cfc0a5

#c9cfa5

#b4cfa5

Triadic

#c9cfa5

#a5c9cf

#cfa5c9

Split-complementary

#c9cfa5

#a5b4cf

#c0a5cf

Tetradic

#c9cfa5

#a5cfab

#aba5cf

#cfa5c9

Square

#c9cfa5

#a5cfc0

#aba5cf

#cfa5b4

Shades

Color #c9cfa5 mixed toward black.

#b1b97c

#97a256

#717941

#4b512b

#262816

Tints

Color #c9cfa5 mixed toward white.

#d2d7b4

#dbdfc3

#e4e7d2

#edefe1

#f6f7f0

Tones

Color #c9cfa5 mixed toward gray.

#c6cba8

#c4c8ac

#c1c4af

#bfc1b3

#bcbdb6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#ccccb0 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#cbcbb3 · ΔE 5.9

Tritanopia

#c9b9ba · ΔE 22.9

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9cfa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9cfa5]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9cfa5 (#c9cfa5) is rgb(201, 207, 165) in RGB.

No, #c9cfa5 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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