HEX Color #C5E96D (Yellowgreen)

About #C5E96D

When working with digital screens, the color #C5E96D is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 233 green, and 109 blue.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 15% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 77.4 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

From a UX and accessibility standpoint, contrast is paramount. Because it is a light color, it is generally recommended to use #000000 text. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5E96D

RGB197, 233, 109

HSL77.4°, 73.8%, 67.1%

CMYK15%, 0%, 53%, 9%

HSV77.4°, 53.2%, 91.4%

LAB87.6, -30.1, 55.6

XYZ54.9, 71.3, 25.3

Decimal12970349

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#C5E96D #906CE8

Analogous

#E8CE6C #87E86C

Triadic

#6CC4E8 #E86CC4

Tetradic

#6CE8CE #906CE8 #E86C87

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C5E96D

#CBEB7D

#D1ED8D

#D8F09D

#DEF2AD

#E5F5BE

#EBF7CE

#F2FADE

#F8FCEE

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C5E96D

#AFCF60

#99B554

#839B48

#6D813C

#576730

#414D24

#2B3318

#15190C

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.38:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

15.25:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.32:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

12.96:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5E96D; }

.text-color { color: #C5E96D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5E96D; }

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