Medium Spring Bud (#C9DC87)

The hex code for Medium Spring Bud is #C9DC87. It is rgb(201, 220, 135) in RGB, hsl(73, 55%, 70%) in HSL, and about cmyk(9%, 0%, 39%, 14%) in CMYK — a light green. Black text is the more readable choice on this background.

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HEX#C9DC87

RGBrgb(201, 220, 135)

HSLhsl(73, 55%, 70%)

HSVhsv(73, 39%, 86%)

CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 39%, 14%)

OKLCHoklch(86.1% 0.111 119.1)

LABlab(84.88% -16.43 39.49)

LCHlch(84.88% 42.77 112.59)

Colors Closest to Medium Spring Bud

Medium Spring Bud is a registered color name. These are the named colors nearest to it, measured as CIE76 distance in CIELAB — a perceptual scale, so the ordering matches what the eye sees rather than how close the raw RGB numbers happen to sit.

Yellow-green (Crayola)#C5E384ΔE 6.18 Middle Green Yellow#ACBF60ΔE 11.96 Key Lime#E8F48CΔE 12.59 Green-yellow (Crayola)#F0E891ΔE 12.64 Khaki#F0E68CΔE 13.45 Dark Khaki#BDB76BΔE 15.45

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#C9DC87 Channel Values

How Medium Spring Bud breaks down in each color model. Hue is measured in degrees around the color wheel; saturation, lightness, and the CMYK inks are percentages.

Model	Channels	Notes
RGB	R 201 · G 220 · B 135	8-bit channels as sent to the display
HSL	H 73° · S 55% · L 70%	Easiest model for building lighter and darker variants
HSV	H 73° · S 39% · V 86%	Matches the picker in most design tools
CMYK	C 9% · M 0% · Y 39% · K 14%	Approximate ink mix; confirm with an ICC profile before printing
Luminance	1.49:1 vs white · 14.07:1 vs black	WCAG 2.2 relative-luminance contrast ratios

Text Contrast & Accessibility

WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios for text on a Medium Spring Bud background. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text; AAA requires 7:1. Contrast is one check, not a full accessibility review.

TextWhite text1.49:1AA normal ✗AA large ✗AAA normal ✗

TextBlack text14.07:1AA normal ✓AA large ✓AAA normal ✓

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Colors That Go With Medium Spring Bud

Pairings derived from color-wheel relationships. The complementary color sits opposite Medium Spring Bud; analogous colors sit beside it; triadic and split-complementary sets spread evenly around the wheel. Select any swatch for its own breakdown.

Base

Complementary

Analogous

Analogous

Triadic

Triadic

Split comp.

Split comp.

Tints & Shades of Medium Spring Bud

Lighter tints and darker shades built by moving the lightness channel while holding hue and saturation, which is what you want for hover states, backgrounds, and text variants.

Tints

Shades

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How Medium Spring Bud Looks with Color Vision Deficiency

Simulated with the Viénot, Brettel & Mollon LMS projection model. Anomalous types are rendered as partial versions of the matching dichromacy, which is an approximation rather than a per-person clinical model.

Typical#C9DC87

Protanopia#D9D987

Protanomaly#D3DA87

Deuteranopia#D6D688

Deuteranomaly#D1D888

Tritanopia#D2D4D4

Tritanomaly#CED7BA

Achromatopsia#D3D3D3

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Using #C9DC87 in Code

Copy-ready declarations for the places this color usually ends up.

CSS custom property--medium-spring-bud: #C9DC87;

CSS backgroundbackground-color: #C9DC87;

Tailwind configcolors: { 'medium-spring-bud': '#C9DC87' }

SwiftUIColor(red: 0.788, green: 0.863, blue: 0.529)

Android XML<color name="medium_spring_bud">#C9DC87</color>

SVG fillfill="#C9DC87"

More Green Colors

Medium Spring Bud sits in the greenfamily. These are its neighbours across that family's full range, each with its own breakdown.

cae00d c5e384 caf7ca c4ff8a cbfbf1 c4e288 cce0cc c4e189 ccff00 c2ffeb ccff33 c2ffc2 ddf719 004200 00995e 00ff66 155615 284328 35530e 4cbb17 66b032 7fffd4 99e6b3 ace1af

#C9DC87 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the hex code for Medium Spring Bud?

The hex code for Medium Spring Bud is #C9DC87. That is rgb(201, 220, 135) in RGB, hsl(73, 55%, 70%) in HSL, and approximately cmyk(9%, 0%, 39%, 14%) in CMYK.

What is the RGB value of #C9DC87?

#C9DC87 is rgb(201, 220, 135) — red 201, green 220, and blue 135 on the 0-255 scale.

What is the CMYK value of #C9DC87?

#C9DC87 converts to approximately cmyk(9%, 0%, 39%, 14%). CMYK output is a mathematical approximation for planning; confirm production print colors with your printer and ICC profile.

Should text on #C9DC87 be black or white?

Black text is the more readable choice. #C9DC87 scores 1.49:1 against white and 14.07:1 against black, and WCAG 2.2 asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal body text.

Can I write #C9DC87 as a CSS color keyword?

No. #C9DC87 is not one of the CSS color keywords, so it has to be written as a hex, rgb() or hsl() value. The closest keyword is khaki (#F0E68C) at a CIE76 distance of 13.45, which is visibly different.

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