# ContributionTooLow (/docs/errors/chain/ContributionTooLow)

The `amount` passed to `contribute` is below the crowdloan's configured minimum contribution. Check the `min_contribution` field of the `Crowdloans` entry for the `crowdloan_id` and contribute at least that amount.

Declared by the `Crowdloan` pallet; it classifies to the semantic code [`invalid_argument`](/docs/errors/invalid-argument).

## Remediation [#remediation]

Check the argument values against the operation schema

The same explanation is available in the terminal: `btcli explain ContributionTooLow`.