#c9f059

Color #c9f059

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 13.85 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#c9f059

RGB

rgb(201, 240, 89)

HSL

hsl(75.5, 83.4%, 64.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(75.5, 62.9%, 94.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 62.9%, 5.9%)

LAB

lab(89.61, -33.43, 66.51)

LCH

lch(89.61, 74.44, 116.69)

OKLCH

oklch(89.9%, 0.18, 122.43)

HWB

hwb(75.5, 34.9%, 5.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8059f0

Analogous

#f0cb59

#c9f059

#7df059

Triadic

#c9f059

#59c9f0

#f059c9

Split-complementary

#c9f059

#597df0

#cb59f0

Tetradic

#c9f059

#59f080

#8059f0

#f059c9

Square

#c9f059

#59f0cb

#8059f0

#f0597d

Shades

Color #c9f059 mixed toward black.

#b9eb27

#9ac912

#73970e

#4d6509

#263205

Tints

Color #c9f059 mixed toward white.

#d2f275

#dbf590

#e4f7ac

#edfac8

#f6fce3

Tones

Color #c9f059 mixed toward gray.

#c3e366

#bdd772

#b7ca7f

#b1be8b

#abb198

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.31:1

Aa Black text on this color

16.09:1

Black text reads better on this background (16.09:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#dbdb92 · ΔE 11.9

Deuteranopia

#d9d69c · ΔE 14.7

Tritanopia

#cbb0b6 · ΔE 41.8

Achromatopsia

#e1e1e1 · ΔE 27.9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #c9f059;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9f059]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

Dark Olive Green #556b2f

Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#c9f059 (#c9f059) is rgb(201, 240, 89) in RGB.

No, #c9f059 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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