#c9d18f

Color #c9d18f

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 11.02 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#c9d18f

RGB

rgb(201, 209, 143)

HSL

hsl(67.3, 41.8%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.3, 31.6%, 82%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.8%, 0%, 31.6%, 18%)

LAB

lab(81.84, -13.19, 31.9)

LCH

lch(81.84, 34.52, 112.46)

OKLCH

oklch(83.9%, 0.0869, 113.91)

HWB

hwb(67.3, 56.1%, 18%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#978fd1

Analogous

#d1b88f

#c9d18f

#a8d18f

Triadic

#c9d18f

#8fc9d1

#d18fc9

Split-complementary

#c9d18f

#8fa8d1

#b88fd1

Tetradic

#c9d18f

#8fd197

#978fd1

#d18fc9

Square

#c9d18f

#8fd1b8

#978fd1

#d18fa8

Shades

Color #c9d18f mixed toward black.

#b5c065

#9aa644

#747d33

#4d5322

#272a11

Tints

Color #c9d18f mixed toward white.

#d2d9a2

#dbe0b4

#e4e8c7

#edf0da

#f6f7ec

Tones

Color #c9d18f mixed toward gray.

#c5cb94

#c1c69a

#bcc09f

#b8bba5

#b4b5aa

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

13:1

Black text reads better on this background (13:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcda2 · ΔE 5.5

Deuteranopia

#cccba6 · ΔE 7.2

Tritanopia

#c9b0b2 · ΔE 29.8

Achromatopsia

#cbcbcb · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9d18f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9d18f]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#c9d18f (#c9d18f) is rgb(201, 209, 143) in RGB.

No, #c9d18f 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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