Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind lime-200 #D9F99D

Tailwind CSS v3's lime-200 is #D9F99D. It is a pale soft yellow in the green family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.938, chroma 0.122 and hue 124.3°. The nearest CSS named color is palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA), ΔE2000 10.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.8494
OKLCH L · C · h
0.938 · 0.122 · 124.3
Best text
Black 17.98:1
Hue family
Green
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#D9F99D color codes

HEX
#D9F99D
RGB
rgb(217, 249, 157)
HSL
hsl(81, 88%, 80%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.938 0.122 124.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.938 -0.069 0.100)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 93.86, a* -25.07, b* 40.79
XYZ (D65)
X 68.58, Y 84.94, Z 44.67
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(13%, 0%, 37%, 2%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #D9F99D accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.98:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.16:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    17.98:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +95

  • White text on it

    1.16:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −9

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.16:1

  • As text on black

    17.98:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −96

  • As text on white

    1.16:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +7

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.16:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #657F23 4.55:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.94 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #D9F99D 17.98:1

    It already reaches 17.98:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #D9F99D live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #D9F99D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #D9F99D sits at step 100.

  1. 50#EAFFC5
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.60
  2. 100This color#D9F99D
    White
    1.16
    Black
    17.98
  3. 200#C8E495
    White
    1.40
    Black
    14.98
  4. 300#AECB77
    White
    1.80
    Black
    11.60
  5. 400#91AE57
    White
    2.50
    Black
    8.39
  6. 500#769238
    White
    3.53
    Black
    5.93
  7. 600#607A1D
    White
    4.88
    Black
    4.29
  8. 700#4A6200
    White
    6.91
    Black
    3.03
  9. 800#354700
    White
    10.23
    Black
    2.05
  10. 900#212E00
    White
    14.42
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#111A00
    White
    17.92
    Black
    1.17

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 lime scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#F7FEE7
    White
    1.03
    Black
    20.28
  2. 100#ECFCCB
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.35
  3. 200This color#D9F99D
    White
    1.16
    Black
    17.98
  4. 300#BEF264
    White
    1.30
    Black
    16.07
  5. 400#A3E635
    White
    1.50
    Black
    13.92
  6. 500#84CC16
    White
    1.97
    Black
    10.62
  7. 600#65A30D
    White
    3.08
    Black
    6.79
  8. 700#4D7C0F
    White
    4.99
    Black
    4.20
  9. 800#3F6212
    White
    7.07
    Black
    2.96
  10. 900#365314
    White
    8.73
    Black
    2.40
  11. 950#1A2E05
    White
    14.61
    Black
    1.43

Gamut

How vivid #D9F99D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.185; #D9F99D uses 66% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.202 there: 9% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.122
sRGB edge
0.185
Display P3 edge
0.202
Rec. 2020 edge
0.246
Dominant wavelength
564 nm
Excitation purity
37%
Chromaticity
x 0.3460, y 0.4286
  • This color#D9F99D
  • Most vivid in sRGB#D0FF67
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.938 0.202 124.3)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #d9f99d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8472 1 0.4383); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #D9F99D

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#ECFCCE
  • OKLab50%#ECFDD0
  • OKLCH50%#ECFDD0

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#6D7D4F
  • OKLab50%#53613A
  • OKLCH50%#53613A

Its complement #F0E5FF

  • sRGB50%#E5EFCE
  • OKLab50%#E4F0D1
  • OKLCH50%#FFE4DD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #d9f99d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #d9f99d 50%, white);

In use

#D9F99D in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.98:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.16:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.16:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.16:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #657F23 4.55:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.98:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:116.04:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:116.04:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:116.04:1 Passes

Color vision

How #D9F99D looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.6; protanopia changes it least, 11.9.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #FFEE96 ΔE2000 11.9

    Distinct

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FEEDA2 ΔE2000 12.1

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #DFF1E2 ΔE2000 17.7

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish green

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #EDEDED ΔE2000 23.6

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F0E5FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#D9F99D · #F0E5FF41.4Stays distinct
Protanopia#FFEE96 · #E1E9FF35.9Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#FEEDA2 · #E3E9FE31.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#DFF1E2 · #EEE8ED16.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#EDEDED · #E9E9E90.9Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #D9F99D

Its complement is #F0E5FF, a pale grayish violet.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#D9F99D
  • Complement#F0E5FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFEAA1
  • Base#D9F99D
  • +30°#B5FFCD

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#D9F99D
  • +120°#D9EEFF
  • +240°#FFE2E8

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#D9F99D
  • +150°#E4EAFF
  • +210°#FFE0F7

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-lime-200: #d9f99d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as lime-200;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        lime: { 200: '#d9f99d' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own lime-200; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-lime-200: oklch(0.938 0.122 124.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "lime-200": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.851, 0.9765, 0.6157],
        "hex": "#d9f99d"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 lime-200"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let lime200 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.851, green: 0.976, blue: 0.616, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Lime200 = Color(0xFFD9F99D)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #D9F99D in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.