#c9e4ae

Color #c9e4ae

A moderately saturated light green.

Closest named color Pale Goldenrod #eee8aa · ΔE 13.79 Nearest Tailwind class lime-100 #ecfcca · ΔE 6.3

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e4ae

RGB

rgb(201, 228, 174)

HSL

hsl(90, 50%, 78.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(90, 23.7%, 89.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 23.7%, 10.6%)

LAB

lab(87.47, -18.32, 23.47)

LCH

lch(87.47, 29.77, 127.97)

OKLCH

oklch(88.5%, 0.0774, 129.49)

HWB

hwb(90, 68.2%, 10.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#c9aee4

Analogous

#e4e4ae

#c9e4ae

#aee4ae

Triadic

#c9e4ae

#aec9e4

#e4aec9

Split-complementary

#c9e4ae

#aeaee4

#e4aee4

Tetradic

#c9e4ae

#aee4c9

#c9aee4

#e4aec9

Square

#c9e4ae

#aee4e4

#c9aee4

#e4aeae

Shades

Color #c9e4ae mixed toward black.

#a7d37c

#86c249

#649732

#436421

#213211

Tints

Color #c9e4ae mixed toward white.

#d2e8bb

#dbedc9

#e4f1d6

#edf6e4

#f6faf1

Tones

Color #c9e4ae mixed toward gray.

#c9dfb2

#c9dbb7

#c9d6bb

#c9d2c0

#c9cdc4

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

#d5d5bd · ΔE 11.3

Deuteranopia

#d4d2c0 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#cac8ca · ΔE 22.7

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 19.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e4ae;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e4ae]

Related colors

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Green Yellow #adff2f

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Yellow Green #9acd32

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Frequently asked questions

#c9e4ae (#c9e4ae) is rgb(201, 228, 174) in RGB.

No, #c9e4ae is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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