Green yellow

#c5f916

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for green yellow, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Green yellow is a mid green that feels balanced. A mid green this grounded suits sustainability and outdoor brands. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Green yellow color values

Every conversion for #c5f916, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c5f916

RGB197, 249, 22

HSL74, 95%, 53%

HSV74, 91%, 98%

CMYK21%, 0%, 91%, 2%

Lab91.54, -41.78, 86.6

XYZ57.05, 79.68, 13.13

Decimal12974358

Web safe#ccff00

Pantone381 C

Shades of green yellow

#bbf106 #a9d906 #97c205 #84aa04 #729304 #607c03 #4e6403 #3c4d02 #293501 #171e01

Tints of green yellow

#d0fa41 #d5fb57 #dafb6c #e0fc82 #e5fc97 #ebfdad #f0fdc2 #f5fed8 #fbffee

Colors that go with green yellow

Complementary#4a16f9 Analogous#f9bb16 Analogous#53f916 Triadic#16c5f9 Triadic#f916c5 Split complementary#1653f9 Split complementary#bb16f9

Green yellow in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 21, 0, 91, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c5f916 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

21 0 91 2

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

23 4 88 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Green yellow in css

Copy #c5f916 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c5f916; }
.text { color: #c5f916; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c5f916; }

How green yellow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Green yellow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c5f916 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c5f916 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Green yellow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c5f916 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around green yellow? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn green yellow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c5f916 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from green yellow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #c5f916 is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.