Electric Lime
Open in tool →One neon on white with black type — lime-and-black is the neon that works in daylight; the orange is a second gear.
Color
#c9f80d
#c9f80d
hex
#c9f80drgb
rgb(201, 248, 13)hsl
hsl(72, 94%, 51%)oklch
oklch(0.913 0.221 122.5)Closest name: Chartreuse (#c1f80a)Relative luminance 0.7958
Colors that go with #c9f80d
Blue, Crimson and Red lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and Snapchat's brand system put Blue beside #c9f80d, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #c9f80d in 4 real palettes, including Ferrari's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the lead colour.
Red #ff0000
shippedRed is paired with #c9f80d in 4 real palettes, including Heineken's brand system and Wise's brand system, as the accent.
Plum #dda0dd
complementaryPlum sits directly opposite #c9f80d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Violet #ee82ee
split-complementshippedViolet is a split-complement of #c9f80d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #c9f80d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Deep Pink #ff1493
shipped3 real palettes, including Arcade and JetBrains's brand system put Deep Pink beside #c9f80d, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #c9f80d: 3 real palettes, including Ikea's brand system and LEGO's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #c9f80d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #c9f80d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.24:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 16.92:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #c9f80d as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #c9f80d
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #c9f80d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/c9f80d-b5bea2-4e77df-242d1f-f1efe9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md