#C5F857
A light, vivid green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.
About #C5F857
The hex code #C5F857 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 197 red, 248 green, and 87 blue.
If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. Its ink density profile breaks down to 21% cyan, 0% magenta, 65% yellow, and 3% black. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.